The quality of drinking water abstracted from private or local w'ells in rural areas is not monitored. Albania does not yet apply the Blue Flag programme for beaches. Throughout the years 2011-2014, the qualify was "excellent" at 31-46 per cent of the monitoring stations and "poor" at 31-42 per cent ("poor" qualify implies that bathing should be prohibited). In 2015, the qualify was "excellent" at 68 per cent of the monitoring stations and "poor" at 10 per cent (figure 7.5).