"Beaches and Bacteria" -- The Virginia Water Resources Research Center updated its popular “Beaches and Bacteria” article in January 2014. The article describes:
- The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act
- Virginia’s bacteria standards
- The types of indicator organisms monitored at Virginia’s beaches
- How people responsible for beach closures/advisories decide what is safe
- The difference between a beach advisory and a beach closure
- Microbial Source Tracking
"The Beach and Your Coastal Watershed" -- EPA published this factsheet that pertains to coastal watersheds. It is available at http://water.epa.gov/type/
- What Is a Beach and What Does It Do?
- Why Can't We Use the Beach Sometimes?
- What Is EPA Doing to Protect Beaches?
- What Can You Do to Help Protect Beaches?
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