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Water
Quality at Public Beaches in the MBNMS
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In accordance
with State
statutes, individual counties are required to monitor ocean water
at public beaches and water contact sports areas. These samples are analyzed
for bacteriological "indicator" organisms. Elevated concentrations of
indicator organisms are suggestive of contamination by human sewage and
other wastes which may result in human disease. When bacterial indicator
organisms exceed the State guidelines for beaches, the county health departments
take appropriate actions to investigate the cause of contamination and
ensure that the public is safe.
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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary provides the following links
to each of the county health departments to provide the latest information
about beach postings or closures based on the most recent bacteriological
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San
Mateo County Beaches
San Mateo Beach Closure Hotline
(650) 599-1266
Santa
Cruz County Beaches
Santa Cruz Water Quality Hotline
(831) 454-3188
Monterey
County Beaches
Monterey Beach Condition Hotline
1-800-347-6363
San
Luis Obispo County Beaches
SLO Beach Monitoring Hotline
(805) 788-3411
Marin County Beaches
Marin County does not, at this time, maintain public information
about the water quality of its beaches. The county will be developing
this program and will have beach water quality information on its
web-site in the near future.
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Other
Beach Monitoring Resources
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