California Beach Water Quality Workgroups

Quick Links    Membership   |   Meetings   |      More Information    Background The collaborative Beach Water Quality Workgroup initially formed in Southern California in 1998 to coordinate beach water quality related monitoring, pollution abatement, public education, and public notification efforts. In 2004 the Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group was formed with the same mission. The Monitoring and Reporting Subcommittee of the Beach Water Quality Workgroup, with assistance from members of the Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group, has stepped forward to coordinate development of the Safe-to-Swim web portal.

Membership - come join us!

Facilitators

• Michael W. Gjerde
  State Water Resources Control Board
• Eric Berntsen
  State Water Resources Control Board

Beach Water Quality Workgroup (Southern California)

• Local Departments of Environmental Health
  • Orange County
  • San Diego County
  • Los Angeles County
  • Long Beach City
  • Ventura County
  • Santa Barbara County
  • San Luis Obispo County
• Local Public Works Departments
• Local Flood Control Agencies
  • Orange County Watersheds Division
• Local Sanitation Discricts (and their laboratories)
  • Orange County
  • City of Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles County
• Universities
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Southern California
  • University of California, Irvine
  • Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• State Water Resources Control Board
  • Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
• California Coastal Commissiion
• California Department of Public Health
• Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
• Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (Meeting Host)
• Heal the Bay
• Surfrider Foundatiion

Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group

• State Water Resources Control Board
  • North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • San Francisco BayRegional Water Quality Control Board
  • Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Local Departments of Environmental Health
  • Alameda County (Meeting Host)
  • East Bay Regional Park District
  • Humboldt County
  • Marin County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • SF Dept. of Public Health
  • San Mateo County
  • Sonoma County
• Local Sanitation Districts
  • San Francisco Public Utilities District
  • East Bay Municipal Utilities District
• Universities
  • Stanford
  • University of California, Davis
  • California State University, East Bay
• Heal the Bay
• Save the Bay

Meetings

Beach Water Quality Workgroup (Southern California)

• November 10, 2009
• August 5, 2009
• May 6, 2009
  • Agenda
• February 4, 2009
  • Agenda
  • Water Quality Monitoring Council Recommendations - presentation
  • Lessons Learned from Reuse - presentation
  • Lessons Learned from Reuse - abstract
• November 12, 2008
  • Agenda
  • Prevalence and Survival of Fecal Indicator Microorganisms at South Florida Beaches - presentation
  • Survival Potential of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in Subtropical Beach Sand: Implications for Water Quality Managers - article
• August 20, 2008
  • Meeting Canceled
• May 14, 2008
  • Agenda
• February 6, 2008
  • Agenda
  • Valuing Beaches in California - presentation

Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group

• November 19, 2009
• August 13, 2009
• May 21, 2009
  • Agenda
• February 19, 2009
  • Agenda
  • Water Quality Monitoring Council Recommendations - presentation
  • Web Portal Mockup
  • Heal the Bay Response Letter
  • Proposed Emergency Model Minimum Monitoring  Program - presentation
  • Emergency Monitoring Matrix
  • Public Health Protection at Marine Beaches: A Model Program for Water Quality Monitoring and Public Notification - paper
• November 18, 2008
  • Agenda
• August 28, 2008
  • Meeting Cancelled
• May 22, 2008
  • Agenda
  • Enterococci Concentrations in Diverse Coastal Environments Exhibit Extreme Variability - paper
• February 28, 2008
  • Agenda
  • Sewage Agency of Southern Marin (SASM): Sewage Spills into Richardson Bay - presentation
  • Marine Biotoxin Monitoring in California - presentation
  • An Assessment of 16 Initial Clean Beaches Initiative Projects: What Worked, What Didn’t - presentation
  • An Introduction to Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment - presentation
  • Beneficial Use Assessment For Shellfish Harvesting in California - presentation

More Information

• For additional information on the Beach Water Quality Monitoring Workgroup or the Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group, please email Michael W. Gjerde or phone him at (916) 341-5283.

(Updated 12/14/11)