The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Program focuses
on the following five areas to meet the goals of improving public health and
environmental protection for beach goers and providing the public with
information about the quality of their beach water:
* strengthening beach standards and testing
* providing faster laboratory test methods
* predicting pollution
* investing in health and methods research
* informing the public
[Source: "http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/"]
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Beach Watch Program, Water Science, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
