California Department of Health Services (DHS)
www.dhs.ca.gov.
For information on regulations for public beaches and ocean water-contact sports areas:
www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/ddwem/beaches/beachesindex.htm.
Links to local government web sites that contain the latest beach advisories.
State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
www.swrcb.ca.gov
For information on the Plan for California's Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (NPS Program Plan). You can subscribe to the NPS Pollution Control Program Electronic Mailing List.
California Coastal Commission (CCC)
www.coastal.ca.gov
Contains the NPS Program Plan and related nonpoint source program documents:
www.coastal.ca.gov/nps/npsndx.html.
Links to related web sites.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
www.nrdc.org
For the complete text of Testing the Waters 2000: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches:
www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/depth.asp.
Also here: NRDC's annual survey of water quality monitoring and public notification programs at U.S. beaches. The latest survey, published in August, is based on information for 1999.
Heal the Bay
www.healthebay.org.
For the current Beach Report Card. Check the latest volunteer opportunities. Also here: The Malibu Creek Watershed Stream Team Pilot Project: Shattering the Myths of Volunteer Monitoring.
Surfrider Foundation
www.surfrider.org
For Beachscape information and Blue Water Task Force results, click on About Surfrider, then Surfrider Programs.
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