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Beach Water Quality Test Results
Choose a Surfrider Chapter in the pop-up menu below to see beach water quality testing results from that chapter:
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.

BWTF was established with the following objectives:
  • to provide concerned citizens with the opportunity for hands-on involvement with an environmental problem solving effort;
  • to gather coastal water samples on a regular basis to determine pollution patterns in the near shore environment;
  • to raise public awareness regarding the extent and severity of coastal water pollution;
  • to use the data collected to bring polluters into compliance; and
  • to develop a model program that could influence national legislation and enforcement.
Click on the links above to find out about water testing in your local community.

Find the local Surfrider chapter in your neighborhood.

Blue Water Task Force Instructions Manual and the Quantitray MPN table.
Site Sample Sheet to write your water testing results, date, location & conditions (also found on pg. 31 of the BWTF Manual).
If you are testing the water using Surfrider's Beginner Kit, download instructions here.
 
Summary of Surfrider Foundation Chapters' participation in the Blue Water Task Force Program (posted Spring 2007).
If your chapter is already inputting it's data into Surfrider's online BWTF system, see your beach water testing results.
Get your chapter plugged in to Surfrider's online BWTF system that includes both input and output pages for your BWTF data.
Click Here to get startedl
 
Issues
Pacific Coast Water Quality Issues and Chapter Campaigns (posted Spring 2007).
Atlantic & Gulf Coast Water Quality Issues and Chapter Campaigns (posted Spring 2007).
 
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