Posts tagged "safety"

Covid-19 and recreational water quality

Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Swim Guide Editor

Posted: March 30, 2020 at 4:25 pm

The Swim Guide was created in order to answer the question, “Is it safe to swim?” For 9 years, we’ve provided up to date recreational water quality data for beaches, lakes, and rivers around the world. The Covid-19 pandemic has added a new intonation to the question of whether or not you can get sick …

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beaches

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recreational water quality

$6.6-million settlement reached on Malibu beach water pollution

Krystyn Tully, Swim Guide Editor

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 10:03 pm

Swim Guide affiliate in California was part of deal to help protect your beaches:Malibu has reached a $6.6-million legal settlement with environmental groups that both sides say will protect beachgoers by reducing the amount of polluted storm runoff that reaches the ocean. The settlement of a 2008 federal Clean Water Act lawsuit against the city …

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Pacific Ocean

safety

	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.

	Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

	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.