Ocean Research Priorities Plan (ORPP)
Project Number: DCJ01, DCJ02, DCJ04, DCJ06
Project Chief: Steven R. Corsi
Project Topics: beach water quality
Cooperators: USGS
Period of Project: Current
Website: Great Lakes Beach Science
Burns Ditch monitoring site at Portage, Indiana.
Problem
The goal of this study "Improving Great Lakes Coastal Recreational Water-Quality Monitoring and Forecasting" in the Ocean Research Priorities Plan (ORPP) is to advance the science of monitoring and assessing recreational water quality to provide beach managers with reliable, science-based information to make well-informed beach closure decisions to protect public health.
The project will focus on:
- Identifying and evaluating new or rapid methods to improve monitoring of bacteria at beaches.
- Identifying physical and biological processes that influence the occurrence and abundance of key bacteria and pathogens that pose risks to recreational users of beaches and nearshore waters.
- Enhancing models and expanding model scope and application to improve forecasts of water quality and support more timely and effective public health warnings, advisories, and beach closures.
- Improving communication of monitoring and scientific information and developing tools to enhance response of beach managers to changing beach and water quality.
Publications and Reports
Website http://greatlakesbeaches.usgs.gov
Project Data
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