HIGH SEA QUALITY REPORTED ON 15 CROATIAN ADRIATIC BEACHES

( Editorial: --> 0094 ) ZAGREB, July 27 (Hina) - Fifteen beaches on the Adriatic Sea have high water quality, while another five Croatian beaches have water fit for swimming. Not one of 20 surveyed beaches on the Adriatic recorded occasional contaminated seas nor water unfit for swimming, according to sea quality data issued on Monday by Croatia's State Directorate for Environmental Protection. Beaches recording high water quality included: Umag, Pula, Karlobag and island of Pag on the northern Adriatic; Zaton, Zadar, Biograd, the island of Murter, Sibenik, Primosten, Split, the island of Brac and Makarska on the central Adriatic; and the island of Korcula and Dubrovnik on the southern Adriatic. Water fit for swimming was recorded on: the Porec town beach, the Moscenicka Draga main beach, Crikvenica main beach and Baska on the northern Adriatic; and the Croatia Hotel beach in Cavtat on the southern Adriatic. (Hina) mbr jn 271546 MET jul 98