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| Title | Quality Assurance Project Plan: Washington State Marine Beach Monitoring: Beach Environmental Assessment, Communication, and Health (BEACH) Program |
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Quality Assurance Project Plan: Washington State Marine Beach Monitoring: Beach Environmental Assessment, Communication, and Health (BEACH) Program (Number of pages: 52) (Publication Size: 1238KB)
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| Author(s) | Heather Gibbs | ||||
| Description | The Washington State Beach Environmental Assessment, Communication and Health (BEACH) Program coordinates public marine recreational beach monitoring and notifications throughout the Puget Sound and coast of Washington. Select Washington marine beaches are tested for Enterococci bacteria, an indicator of fecal contamination, to determine the possible health risk to the public from water-contact recreation. During the swimming season, water samples are collected at high-use, high-risk marine beaches that are primarily used for swimming, wading, surfing, or SCUBA diving. The public is notified when bacteria levels are high, and swimming in the water is unsafe. Washington’s BEACH Program is funded through a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant. The ongoing monitoring program is co-managed by the Washington State Departments of Ecology and Health. The BEACH Program distributes grant funding to local health jurisdictions and non-profit organizations for monitoring, beach notifications, and public education throughout the Puget Sound and Washington coast. Monitoring and program activities are coordinated on a regional basis by BEACH Program staff. |
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| Contact | EAP Publications Coordinator at 564-669-3028 or EAPpubs@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | enterococcus, marine beaches, swimming, beach, quality assurance project plan, bacteria | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Beach Environmental Assessment, Communication & Health (BEACH) | ||||
| DATA | Environmental Information Management (EIM) #EPABEACH |
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