Heal the Bay | 2004 Summer Beach Report Card®


	October 28, 2004

	Table of Contents



	•	Cover Page


		Introduction


	•	California Analysis

	•	County Analyses

	Appendix

	•	Printable Report

Introduction

Heal the Bay’s 2004 California Summer Beach Report Card® provides beachgoers with essential water quality information by grading 436 monitoring locations from Humboldt County to San Diego County. The grades are based on dry weather water quality data provided by over 20 different entities throughout California. The data presented in this report was collected between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2004.

Heal the Bay’s website, www.healthebay.org, is updated every Friday with weekly Beach Report Card grades for all sampling locations with data. Heal the Bay’s Beach Report Card is based on weekly water quality monitoring data provided by dischargers and health agencies. Data is analyzed as soon as it is made available by these agencies.

Heal the Bay reminds you not to swim or surf within 100 yards of any flowing storm drain or for three days after a rainstorm. After a rain, indicator bacteria counts at beaches throughout California usually far exceed health criteria stipulated in the state’s Beach Closure and Health Warning Protocol.


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	The Beach Report Card

The Beach Report Card is a comprehensive examination of coastal water quality throughout California. Beaches are graded on a 28-day rolling average, using an A-F scale based on the risk of ocean users becoming ill. Information detailing the exact system used in determining each location grade is available at healthebay.org (see below) or at the Heal the Bay office.The report is not designed to measure the amount of trash or toxins found at local beaches.


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•	Grading System
•	About the Beach Report Card

Introduction
2004 Summer Beach Report Card