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Blue Water Task Force

The Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) is the Surfrider Foundation’s water quality monitoring, education and advocacy program. It is utilized by our Chapters and members to alert citizens and officials in their communities about water quality problems and to work toward solutions. BWTF has demonstrated success by raising public awareness of coastal water pollution levels and precipitating the establishment of state and local government water quality monitoring programs in many communities where the program has been implemented. B.W.T.F. was established with the following objectives:
* provide the opportunity for hands-on involvement with an environmental problem solving effort;
* gather coastal water samples regularly to determine pollution patterns in the coastal environment;
* raise public awareness regarding the extent and severity of coastal water pollution;
* use data collected to bring polluters into compliance;
* develop a model program that could influence national legislation and enforcement.

Check out the following links for recent BWTF info from the Olympic Peninsula

Water Quality

Surfrider’s Blue Water Task Force

Washington State Beach Program

BWTF Instructions Manual and the Quantitray MPN table