Efforts to improve public health protection in recreational swimming waters have focused on
obtaining real-time estimates of water quality. Current monitoring techniques rely on the time …

Monitoring of fecal indicator bacteria at recreational waters is an important public health
measure to minimize water-borne disease, however traditional culture methods for …

There has been an ongoing dilemma for agencies that set criteria for safe recreational
waters in how to provide for a seasonal assessment of a beach site versus guidance for day …

Southern California is an increasingly urbanized hotspot for surfing, thus it is of great interest
to assess the human illness risks associated with this popular ocean recreational water sport …

In July 1999, California's ocean recreational bacterial water quality standards were changed
from a total coliform (TC) test to a standard requiring testing for all three bacterial indicators …

The overall objective of this study was to assess the impact of individual rainfall events on
Lake Pontchartrain water quality and risk to swimmers. Indicator organisms in lake water …

As a fast and effective technique, the multiple linear regression (MLR) method has been
widely used in modeling and prediction of beach bacteria concentrations. Among previous …

A quantitative microbial risk assessment was conducted to estimate risk of gastrointestinal
(GI) illnesses associated with recreational exposure to Philadelphia waterways, under dry …

Aims: Escherichia coli is the faecal indicator species recommended by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for monitoring fresh recreational water. Viable …

ABSTRACT In 1986, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recommended that
Escherichia coli (E. coli) be used in place of fecal-coliform bacteria in State recreational …