West River Sailing Club

Galesville, Maryland

West River Sailing Club located on Tenhouse Creek on the West River. It is a hub of activity during summer months with sailing programs and camps. See http://www.westriversc.com/

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Water Quality

Meets water quality standards
Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on May 25th, 2023. Arundel Rivers Federation updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on May 26th, 2023 at 2:24 PM.

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Current Weather

22°C

Clear and sunny

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

The West & Rhode Riverkeeper citizen-scientist volunteers sample swimming locations every Wednesday from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Samples results are generally reported on Thursdays and Swim Guide is updated as soon as possible to reflect the latest results.

Samples are measured for Entroccoci bacteria, which serve as an indicator bacteria for pathogens in the water. Analysis is performed by Anne Arundel Community College using the membrane filtration method (see http://water.epa.gov/scitech/methods/cwa/bioindicators/upload/method_1600.pdf).

The Environmental Protection Agency has set a threshold of 104 colony forming units per 100 milliliters (cfu/100ml) as the single test limit for weekly testing.

Samples recording less than 104 cfu/100ml are therefore green, as having met water quality criteria.

Samples recording 104 cfu/100ml or greater are given a red, as having failed to meet water quality criteria and there is an increased risk of illness.

Anne Arundel County Department of Health also advises that after a rainfall, all Anne Arundel County beaches are under a no swimming/no direct water contact advisory for 48 hours due to predicted elevated bacteria levels from rainwater runoff and increased health risks.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
West River Sailing Club 1, Maryland	1, Maryland	Historical Status
School Creek Galesville, Maryland	Galesville, Maryland	Current Status
Lerch Creek Galesville, Maryland	Galesville, Maryland	Current Status
School Creek- Headwaters Galesville, Maryland	Galesville, Maryland	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

West River Sailing Club

1, Maryland

Historical Status

School Creek

Galesville, Maryland

Current Status

Lerch Creek

Galesville, Maryland

Current Status

School Creek- Headwaters

Galesville, Maryland

Historical Status

	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.