Northern California Beach Water Quality Workgroup
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Upcoming 2019 meeting dates: August 8, 2019 and May 2020.
August 8, 2019
Beach Report Card Methodologies by Luke Ginger, Heal the Bay
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Dry Run and First Flush by Lisa Emanuelson, NOAA
EB Park’s Water Quality Sampling Program by Hal MacLean, East Bay Regional Park District
May 9, 2019 (Cancelled)
February 7, 2019
The Beach Water Quality NowCast Project - Updates and Discussion by Ryan Searcy
Public health, stormwater permits, and beneficial use impairments by Dr. Jason Freshwater
Discussion on BeachWatch Needs and Improvements by Karen Black.
November 8, 2018
Update on Comparison of Molecular Rapid Indicators and Culture-Based Methods for Recreational Water Quality: Richmond to San Diego by Dr. Chad Crain
Presentation posting to come after the supporting paper has been published.
Comparison of Water Quality Indicator Methods for Recreational Water in San Diego County by Dr. Syreeta Steele
California Integrated Report Overview by Tatyana Isupov
August 9, 2018
Resolving and improving bacteria loads at Cowell Beach by Dr. Akin Babatola
Risk-based water quality threshold for human-associated fecal markers by Dr. Ali Boehm
- Human-associated fecal qPCR paper (2015)
- Risk assessment of aging sewage paper (2018)
- Risk-based threshold of gull-associated marker paper (2017) Correction paper
- Risk associated with mixture of gull and human waste paper (2017)
Best practices for collecting and processing FIB samples by Dr. Audrey Levine
May 10, 2018
History on the Northern CA BWQW and Questions for Improvements by Karen Black
Quality Assurance Project Plans by Renee Spears
February 1, 2018
Incidence of Gastrointestinal Illness Following Wet Weather Recreational Exposures by Jeffrey Soller
Update on the Proposed Bacteria Provisions by Karen Black
Human Fecal Contamination Score for Ranking Recreational Sites by Dr. Yiping Cao
- “Towards establishing a human fecal contamination index in microbial source tracking”
- “A human fecal contamination score for ranking recreational sites using the HF183/BacR287 quantitative real-time PCR method”
November 9, 2017
Risk-Based Thresholds for Microbial Source Tracking Markers by Dr. Ali Boehm
The NowCast System: Predicting Water Quality at California Beaches by Ryan Searcy
Beach Report Card update by Karen Vu