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| Action Duration | <strong><u>For each beach with an action</u></strong>: Each action for each beach is sorted into one of five action duration groups (1 day duration, 2 days duration, 3-7 days duration, 8-30 days duration, or greater than 30 days duration). The list is sorted by county and beach name. Note: An action can be based on a model or policy, or sentinel monitoring station and not be a monitored beach. |
| Beach Actions (Advisories and Closures) | <u><strong>For each beach action</u></strong>: Presents details of each beach action (for example an Advisory or Closure).Information includes type of action (e.g., closure, rain advisory, contamination advisory), starting and ending date and time, duration of the action in days, and the indicator used to trigger the action. <strong>Note:</strong> An action can be based on a model or policy or sentinel monitoring station and not be a monitored beach. Use the 'Detailed Report' button to see a detailed listing, containing additional information, e.g., multiple actions for different reasons for the same time period (not shown on Main Report so as not to double count days under action.) |
| Beach Attributes | <strong><u>For each beach</u></strong>: Identifies attributes of each beach including: (1) beach tier ranking, (2) beach length, and (3) latitude/longitude, (4) Advisory Reporting Frequency (to EPA), and (5) Monitoring Reporting Frequency (to EPA). The list is sorted by county and beach name. |
| Beach Contact Information | <strong><u>For each beach:</u></strong> Presents contact information for each beach. Refer questions about current conditions at beaches to the Agency shown in the report. The list is sorted by "Jurisdiction", year, county, and beach name. |
| Beach Swim Season and Water Quality Monitoring Frequency | <strong><u>For each beach</u></strong>: Presents information about the beach swim season, frequency of water quality monitoring, and frequency of reporting data to the EPA. The list is sorted by Jurisdiction, Year, County, and Beach Name. |
| EPA's Beach Report Jurisdiction Summary | This report summarizes EPA's Beach Act Program Beach Actions (closures and notification) for each Jurisdiction for each Calendar Year. <strong>Data includes only <i>Beach Act Program Beaches</i> that that have a <i>program to report notifications.</i>. It does not include data for beaches marked Historic, or Tier 4 beaches.</strong><br><br> |
| National List of Beaches Jurisdiction Summary | <u>For each jurisdiction:</u> Presents a summary of the Beaches program data submitted by the jurisdiction during the selected year. <strong>Note: Data includes only <i>Beach Act Beaches</i> that are not marked <i>Historical</i></strong> |
| Local Action Notification Procedures | <strong>For each beach:</strong> This report documents the media that each Jurisdiction uses to notify the public about starting and ending any Notifications. Examples are posting on a website, announcing on the radio or TV, or sending out SMS messages. For details on a particular beach click on any blue beach id link see the Detailed Beach Profile report. |
| Possible Pollution Sources | <strong><u>For each beach:</u></strong> Identifies if possible pollution sources have been investigated or associated with a Beach Action and, if so, what are the possible sources that might affect beach water quality. The list is sorted by county and beach name. |
| Water Quality | <strong>For each beach:</strong> This report documents the Water Quality data collected by a Jurisdiction. It includes information about the dates that samples were collected, and the results of those samples provided through the U.S. EPA Water Quality Exchange (WQX) and the USGS Water Quality Portal |
| WQS Criteria | <strong><u>For each beach:</u></strong> This report details the criteria that Jurisdictions use to decide when to issue Notifications. An example is a criterion that when tests for the indicator bacteria species Enterococcus is found at a certain concentration a Notification will be issued, and the Notification will remain in place until another test finds the concentration below the critical level. <strong>Note:</strong> This report includes monitored and non-monitored beaches because all waters have WQS. |