National Healthy Beaches Campaign

Monthly Monitoring Reports

Your name: ___________________________________

Your beach: ___________________________________

Month/Year: ___________________________________

NHBC Monthly Monitoring Report

I. WATER QUALITY

• Water Testing*

E. coli contents (counts per 100 millimeters)___________________

Enterococci (counts per 100 millimeters) ______________________

* The NHBC will obtain this information from the USEPA.
(www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/local/statrept.pdf)

• Algae in water and on the beach (please rate by severity)
0 (absent)	1	2	3	4 (infested)

II. BEACH QUALITY

• Oil and tar balls -- any occurences?
Yes	No
If yes, Please describe _______________________________________________

• Seaweed/Jellyfish on the beach (number of occurences)
0	1	2	3	more than 3
If occurences, what cleanup efforts were undertaken? _________________________________________________________________

III. SAFETY

• Rip currents (presence this month)
Never present	Occasionally present	Frequently present
Any drownings?
Yes	No
If yes, please describe______________________ __________________________

• Shorebreaks -- large waves breaking directly on the beach (presence this month)
Never present	Occasionally present	Frequently present
Any major neck injuries or deaths (on an annual basis)?
Yes	No
If yes, please provide information. _______________________________________

• Mosquito or other pest outbreaks requiring major spraying (i.e., West Nile Virus)
Yes	No
If yes, please provide information. _______________________________________

• Intensity of beach use
Ample open space	Many people	Crowded	Overcrowded
Any days that cars had to be turned away? ______________________________

Any other comments?

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