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title: EPA Beach Report water quality
resource: https://publicdata.au/c/vic-beach-report/
publisher: Environment Protection Authority Victoria
licence: CC BY 4.0
version: 2026-10-03
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# EPA Beach Report water quality

Each summer, from September to May, EPA Victoria samples the water at 36 Port Phillip Bay beaches and tests it for enterococci, a bacterium found in faeces. The results feed its Beach Report, and the full record of samples since December 2013 is released as one workbook.

Two tables are here. One holds every sample result with its beach and time, and the other the beaches themselves with their water body and coordinates.

Published by Environment Protection Authority Victoria under CC BY 4.0. Environment Protection Authority Victoria has not endorsed this site.

## Tables

- [Beach Report enterococci samples, Port Phillip Bay, since 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-enterococci/): Every enterococci water sample EPA Victoria has taken at Port Phillip Bay beaches since December 2013, about 9,700 results, with beach, time and count. 9,766 rows, 6 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-enterococci/index.md
- [Beach Report sampling sites, Port Phillip Bay](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/): The 36 Port Phillip Bay beaches EPA Victoria samples for its Beach Report, with their site numbers and coordinates. 36 rows, 5 fields. Markdown: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/index.md

## Attribution and citation

Environment Protection Authority Victoria, Victorian Government, Beach Report enterococci data, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/beach-report-enterococci-data, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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