Safe to Swim Web Portal Meeting

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This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board.
Hello Beach and Fresh Water Quality People,

The date for our next Safe to Swim web portal management meeting is being moved from June 14th until July 14th. Because of travel restrictions we shall try a WebEx only meeting (so you can participate from your own desk!). Agenda and times will be distributed within two weeks.


The purpose of the group is to coordinate the monitoring and assessment of issues affecting swimming safety and also to report that information to decision makers and the public through Safe to Swim Water Quality web portal.
Our goals are to determine what do agency decision makers and the public really want to know about swimming safety on a local, regional and statewide basis? How can we best inform decision making?
Our last meeting was March 23, 2011 at SCCWRP from 10:00 till 3:00 pm.

The group worked on developing priorities for information desired by group for the public. This led to a discussion and voting on items included in the Safe to Swim priorities Excel Sheet (Attached) .

If you know others who should Join our Email List for Future Contact
An email subscription service has been established to keep you up to date on the Safe to Swim Portal. If you are interested in participating in the management of and/or receiving information about the Safe-to Swim portal, please sign up on the web at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources ... ribe.shtml.
Enter your email address and name, place a check mark next to "Safe to Swim", then click the "subscribe" button. There are many choices so go down the list into the 'S' section where this email list is found. Feel free to subscribe to any other list that might interest you. These lists are not used that often but will distribute important information.

Safe to Swim Workgroup Website
Additional information on this workgroup and other beach water quality workgroups is posted at
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/mywaterqu ... ndex.shtml



Michael W. Gjerde
Ocean Plan, Beach and Shellfish Standards
Ocean Standards Unit, Division of Water Quality
State Water Resources Control Board
(916) 341-5283
mgjerde@waterboards.ca.gov