2016 Recreational Waters Conference Sessions
In April 2016, EPA’s Office of Science and Technology hosted a Recreational Waters Conference on:
- Beach monitoring,
- Beach notification, and
- Implementation tools for the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria
The conference included a pre-conference session with presentations on sanitary surveys, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) laboratory techniques, and predictive modeling. Conference materials are listed for download.
- Session 1: Welcome Speakers (pdf)
- Session 2: Trends in Beach Management (pdf)
- Session 3: Recreation Water Monitoring and Implementation Challenges/Successes (pdf)
- Session 4: Citizen Science (pdf)
- Session 5: Epidemiology and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (pdf)
- Session 6: Advances in Alternative Indicators and Measurement (pdf)
- Session 7: Pollution Source Identification, Tracking, and Sanitary Surveys (pdf)
- Session 8: Harmful Algal Blooms Impact (pdf)
- Session 9: Restoration and Remediation of Beaches (pdf)
- Session 10: Predictive Modeling and Forecasting (pdf)