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This
year the County of Marin, Environmental Health Services
began a shoreline water quality monitoring program
associated
with AB411 with funding from the Environmental Protection
Agency's National Beach Guidance and Performance
Criteria for Recreational Waters. From April through
October, the Environmental Health Department will
monitor
sampling locations on a weekly basis. During the winter
season there will be limited monitoring or no monitoring.
There are 37 bayside (Tomales, San Francisco, and
San
Pablo Bay) and oceanside monitoring locations covered
by Marin County's water quality monitoring program.
Oceanside monitoring locations include: Dillon Beach,
McClures Beach, Kehoe Beach, Drakes Beach, Limantour
Beach, Bolinas Beach (Wharf Road), Stinson Beach,
Muir
Beach, Cronkhite Beach, Rodeo Beach, and Baker Beach.
Heal the Bay plans to include the county's monitoring
program into the weekly Beach Report Card this summer.
Sewage
Spill Summary
There were zero (0) reported sewage spills in Marin
County that led to beach closures.
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