Beachwatch Monitoring - 2009Home | Water | Water Quality & Ecology | Surface Water Quality | Beachwatch 2009 Beachwatch recreational water quality monitoring 2008/09Program outlineTen sites were monitored during summer 2008–2009. These were the ocean beaches of Shoalhaven Heads, Tilbury Cove, Warrain, Collingwood, Cudmirrah, Mollymook, Rennies, Racecourse, Bawley and Merry Beach Faecal coliform and enterococci samples were collected from all locations between December 2008 and February 2009, the three busiest months of the summer swimming season. Results were used to assess compliance with the NHMRC (1990) swimming water quality guidelines. The required five samples were collected in all months. RainfallRainfall data presented in the time series plots were obtained from the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauges at Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular) and Ulladulla. Rainfall for each site is from the closest rain gauge. Ocean beachesA high level of compliance was recorded at ocean beaches in the Shoalhaven. All ten beaches complied with the NHMRC (1990) swimming water quality guidelines in the three months between December 2008 and February 2009 (Figure 11). Levels of faecal coliforms and enterococci measured at the ocean beaches were generally low throughout the monitoring period. Occasionally elevated results were recorded in response to heavy rainfall. Summary of Results by site:
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