The Great Lakes Beach Conference Agenda is attached and a brief list of session topics is included below. Deadline to Register for the conference is September 21 Please visit web site to register http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/SOLM2007/ Sessions begin Wednesday afternoon, October 3 and continue through Friday morning, October 5. The poster session will be held on Wednesday evening, October 3. Beach Session topics include Sanitary Surveys from local, state, national, and international perspectives An introduction to beach monitoring (Beach Monitoring 101) Continued discussion of Great Lakes Beach Health Research Needs Approaches to Monitoring and Beach Criteria Development Septic Issues - Groundwater Connections Health Risks: avian botulism, avian influenza, algal mats, human pathogens Progress of rapid and relevant indicators of health risk Predictive Models--Including the premier showing of the DVD for "Beach Models: Predicting Water Quality" and An overview of the new book "Statistical framework for recreational water quality criteria and monitoring" QPCR for enterococci, EPA perspective, local health department lab perspective, and comparing it to traditional methods Summary from GAO report on Great Lakes Beach Monitoring Programs Water quality perspectives and priorities from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cites Initiative An update on changes in the EPA Beach Program Please note that this is a joint conference with the State of the Lake Michigan Conference. SOLM sessions begin on Wednesday morning, October 3.
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