Michigan Recreational Waters Conference--APRIL 17, 2003,LANSING MICHIGAN

["Shannon Briggs" <BRIGGSSL@michigan.gov>]

Hello Beach fans,  
This is a heads up to save the date...

Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA) Announces the 

2003 Recreational Waters Conference

Thursday, April 17, 2003  
Lansing Sheraton Hotel
925 South Creyts Road
Lansing, Michigan 48917
phone (517) 323-7100
only 7 miles from the Lansing Airport

Registration Deadline is April 1
for registration information, please visit www.meha.net 
or call the MEHA office at (517) 485-9033 or FAX (517) 485-6412

The focus of the conference is bathing beaches, swimming pools, and
spas.  Some of the beach topics include
Water pollution, microbiology, waterborne diseases and public
health/public policy (Joan Rose, Michigan State University)

The Beach Water Monitoring Program for Muskegon (Vicki Webster,
Environmental Health Supervisor, Muskegon County)

A review of new beach monitoring and notification requirements in
Michigan and the MDEQ Beach Web Site (Shannon Briggs, Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality,   http://www.deq.state.mi.us/beach
)

Beach sand is a reservoir of harmful bacteria (Elizabeth Alm, Central
Michigan University)

The Michigan Great Lakes Protection Fund project:  Microbial source
tracking for Michigan Environmental Health Managers (Jeffrey Ram, Wayne
State University)

Microbial source tracking: Ribotyping DNA fingerprinting technique
(Troy M. Scott, Source Molecular Corporation, Miami, FL)

Environmental Influences in Beach Water, Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan
(Sheridan Haack, US Geological Survey)

Water Safety & Equipment/First Aid (Jerry Huey, American Red Cross)

Registration Fee before April 1:  $30 for MEHA members; $65 for
nonmembers; $20 for students

Registration Fee after April 1:  $50 for MEHA members; $85 for
nonmembers; $20 for students

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