Where is Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès?

Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès is a lake in Cantal, France. This page reports official water-quality measurements, shown as reported.

Is Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès safe to swim in?

Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès has official nutrient and clarity measurements, not a bacteria swim class and not a safety clearance. Algal blooms, currents, and depth are not covered. Always check local notices before swimming.

Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès

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Eau France publishes the water-quality measurements for Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

2.7 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 2023

Chlorophyll-a

1 µg/L

Less algae than most

Measured by Eau France

Limited data

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Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès in Cantal, France has official water-quality measurements, shown as reported. Water clarity: 2.7 m visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1 µg/L.

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How Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès is classified

Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès in France is published with the authority's own measurements and class. The measurements here are published by the agency that samples the lake, as reported. Sampling here has recorded water clarity and algae (chlorophyll-a), but not phosphorus.

LakeQuality publishes no grade of its own beside it. Everything below thathas been measured is reported on this page.

Monitoring: the French water agencies, via UNEP GEMS/Water.

Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès is a lake in Cantal County, France.

Source: the French water agencies, via UNEP GEMS/Water — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2023-10-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès is safe to swim in today is a call for the French water agencies, via UNEP GEMS/Water and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès

These are the measurements Eau France publishes for Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès. More on the source.

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9 ft. Chlorophyll-a 1 µg/L. TSI 38.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	2.73m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus		No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)	1µg/L	Measured, not scored The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	38	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Where is Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès?: Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès is a lake in Cantal, France. This page reports official water-quality measurements, shown as reported.
What is the water quality of Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès?: Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès in Cantal, France has official water-quality measurements, shown as reported. Water clarity: 2.7 m visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1 µg/L.
Is Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès safe to swim in?: Barrage de Saint-Etienne-Cantalès has official nutrient and clarity measurements, not a bacteria swim class and not a safety clearance. Algal blooms, currents, and depth are not covered. Always check local notices before swimming.

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Where this data comes from

48 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017–2023. Retrieved from UNEP GEMS/Water GFQA (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-20.

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Office français de la biodiversité (Hub'Eau)hubeau-fr48 samples · —

Analytical methods

Hub'Eau / Naïades plans d'eau

Monitoring station identifiers (1)

P18-4003

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