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Swim Guide, Swim Guide Editor

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 10:00 am

Swim Guide is launched in Baldwin and Mobile counties in Alabama:

It can be incredibly frustrating to drive all the way to the beach, only to find out a health advisory has been issued for the waters there. A no-swim warning can result in disappointed children … and adults. As the grownups try to find solutions to quash some of the runoff causing pollution, a new smartphone app released by the Waterkeeper Alliance will at least alert beach visitors if there is a problem. Swim Guide is an app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android (2.1 or higher) that makes it easy to explore and enjoy our waterways and beaches in Baldwin and Mobile counties, as well as hundreds of beaches in Florida, California and the Great Lakes.

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	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.