Report Name Description
Action DurationFor each beach with an action: 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 and not be a monitored beach.
Advisory and Monitoring For each beach: Presents a condensed combination of the"Action" and "Water Quality" Reports submitted data (most recent to older order) including: dates, duration of actions, basis for action, possible cause and source, monitoring results.The list is sorted by "state", county, and beach name.
Beach Actions (Advisories and Closures)For each beach action: 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. Note: An action can be based on a model or policy and not be a monitored beach. Use the 'Detailed Report' button to see a detailed listing, containing additional information.
Beach Attributes For each beach: Identifies attributes of each beach including: (1) beach tier ranking, (2) beach length, and (3) latitude/longitude. The list is sorted by county and beach name.
Beach DaysFor each beach: The number of beach days in the swimming season (based on swimming season length) is presented for each beach. If the beach had an action (1) the total number of action days and (2) the percentage of beach days the beach was under an action are also presented. The list is sorted by county and beach name. Note: This report includes monitored and non-monitored beaches. An action can be based on a model or policy and not be a monitored beach.
Swim Season and Water Quality MonitoringFor each beach: Presents information about the swim season, water quality monitoring, and frequency of reporting data to the EPA. The list is sorted by Jurisdiction, Year, County, and Beach Name.
Beach Monitoring FrequencyFor each beach: Identifies swim season and monitoring attributes of each beach including: (1) swimming season length and (2) in- and off-season monitoring frequency. The list is sorted by county and beach name.
Beach Profile ListFor each beach: Presents beach administrative information including: beach name, beach ID, location, contact information, public access, Tier, swim season, monitoring and reporting frequency, possible pollution sources. The list is sorted by "state", county, and beach name.
Beach Contact Information 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.
Local Action Decision ProceduresFor each beach: Identifies Local Action Decision Procedures (LADP) used to notify the public of beach actions. The list is sorted by county and beach name. For details on a particular beach see the Beach Profile report.
Possible Pollution SourcesFor each beach: 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.
RSS FeedNews feed for Beaches: Brief news feed that links to the advisory and monitoring report for the selected beach. The RSS feed link can only display about 200 beaches at a time. If too many beaches are selected to display in the RSS feed, then any over the 200 limit will be excluded. In order to view an RSS feed, the user must have an RSS feed reader installed. Some browsers may come standard with feed readers but other browsers may require a separate download. More information about news feeds (also called "RSS") from USA.gov.  
Jurisdiction SummaryFor each county: Displays key summary statistics concerning beaches including: (1) number and length of monitored beaches, (2) number of monitored Tier 1 beaches, (3) number and durations of monitored beach actions, and (4) the number of monitored beach days and/or hours under an action. The list is sorted by county name. Please note: this report can take several minutes to load if only a few filters have been applied.
Tier 1 StatsFor each beach designated as Tier 1: Presents beach attributes and action information including : (1) beach length, (2) swim season monitoring frequency, (3) number of beach days, and (4) number of days under an action. The list is sorted by county and beach name. Please note: this report can take several minutes to load if only a few filters have been applied.
Monitoring (Water Quality Data)For each monitored beach: Presents details of water quality monitoring results collected for the beach program and provided through the U.S. EPA Water Quality Exchange (WQX) including: beach ID, beach name, sampling station ID, date/time of sample, collection method, characteristic(s) (e.g., pathogen indicator) sampled, results, analytical method, statistic type (e.g. geometric mean). The list is sorted by jurisdiction, county, and beach ID, station ID. date of sample (recent to older).
WQS CriteriaFor each beach: Presents details of the water quality standards that apply to the water accessible from the beach. Includes Indicator Name, Water Type, Measure Type, Measure Value, Measure Unit, Criteria Comment. The list is sorted by state, year, and beach by default. The "WQS Criteria" column can be used to sort records by unique criteria records. Note: This report includes monitored and non-monitored beaches because all waters have WQS.