[beachnet] IJC bienniel meeting

Don't forget the upcoming meeting of the International Joint Commission 
Biennial Meeting. October 7-8.  Among the topics will be beach water 
quality as described,


"

Through a series of white papers and Basin-wide activities, the workgroup 
is assessing recreational water monitoring issues and best management 
practices for Great Lakes beaches. The workgroup is busy compiling key 
findings and recommendations from a series of contracted white papers on 
Fecal Indicator Monitoring, Inconsistent Water Quality Criteria Used at 
Great Lakes Beaches, Local Economic Effects of Impaired Recreation Water 
Quality, the Burden of Human Illness from Impaired Recreational Water 
Quality, Policies and Practices for Beach Monitoring and on Protecting 
Beach Visitor Health. It is also preparing a matrix of jurisdictional 
modeling and monitoring programs and other Federal, State and Provincial 
initiatives related to water quality at beaches in the Great Lakes basin. 
The Workgroup will provide a final ?10-page? synthesis report in June with 
key findings, actionable advice, and recommendations to Commissioners, 
governments, and the public on improving recreational water quality in the 
Basin"

For more information go to 

http://meeting.ijc.org/


Richard Whitman
Research Ecologist/Station Chief
Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station
219-926-8336 Ext. 424
1100 North Mineral Springs Road 
Porter, IN 46304
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