Coastal Blog — Illness
March 19 2012
3 Steps to Fund Water Quality Monitoring
We have an opportunity this week (March 19th) to urge our Senators to support New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg in asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for water quality monitoring. Here are the 3 easy steps to encourage your Senator to join him.
February 15 2012
Obama to end beach water quality monitoring?
Blue Water Task Force Water Quality Illness
By defunding the Beach Grant Program, the Obama Administration is about to put you and your kids at risk next time you swim in the ocean.
February 06 2012
Safer to Play in the Sand? Maybe Not
Some parents concerned about exposing their children to polluted water at the beach may advise their kids to stay on the beach and play in the sand. According to a new EPA study, that may not always protect them from getting sick. Testing at beaches in Alabama and Rhode Island,…
January 18 2012
New Beach Water Quality Standards?
Blue Water Task Force Water Quality Illness
As surfers, swimmers and beach goers we rely on water quality monitoring to know if it is safe to go into the ocean. That monitoring relies on water quality standards to determine your risk of getting sick. EPA has reassessed those standards, and Surfrider is weighing in on them.
October 14 2011
Harmful Algal Bloom Bill Introduced in the Senate
The Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011 (S.1701) was introduced by Senators Olympia Snowe (D-ME) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) yesterday to address the problem of Harmful Algal Blooms (commonly known as "HABs") that are making our coasts and oceans increasingly harmful to public health.…
October 06 2011
First Flush: Just How Dirty is That Water?
The West Coast had its first big rain storm of the year this week, dumping several inches in places and breaking rainfall records in L.A. This "first flush" makes our beach waters very dirty and can make you sick.
October 27 2010
Beach Monitoring in CA Survives Budget Cuts for 1 More Year
October 05 2010
Beach monitoring in CA suffers from budget cuts: Part 2
September 03 2010
Beach monitoring in CA suffers from budget cuts
August 03 2010
NRDC Testing the Waters 2010 featuring Hawaii
June 09 2010
Public Notification of Water Quality Results
April 22 2010
Collecting Information on Ocean Illness in New Jersey
March 09 2010
New water quality standards in Europe may close more beaches
February 02 2010
