St George’s Bay drops from one of Malta’s best to worst beaches in a decade

St George’s Bay drops from one of Malta’s best to worst beaches in a decade

Residents living near the sandy St George’s Bay once enjoyed swimming at one of the cleanest beaches in Malta.But, in just over a decade, the water quality has deteriorated so dramatically that it has dropped from one of the best in 2013 to one of the worst in 2024, according to a study that measured...

Malta’s Quality Beach Ranking Of St George’s Bay Plunges Due To Pollution

Residents living near the sandy shores of St George’s Bay once enjoyed some of the cleanest swimming waters in Malta. However, over the past decade, the bay’s water quality has sharply declined. A recent study shows that between 2013 and 2024, the bay went from being one of Malta’s cleanest to one of its most polluted in terms of bacterial contamination. The study, led by University of Malta biology professor Victor Axiak, links the deterioratio…