Achievements for the 2009 Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) are out and available to the public. http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/achievements/
SWAMP was created to coordinate all surface water quality monitoring and to assess the overall quality of California’ surface waters. It establishes quality trends, identifies problems and risks, evaluates how effective are clean water projects and programs, as well as to provide the information needed to know how to manage, restore, and allocate water resources to our society.
Data collected by SWAMP is used to report on the status of the Californian water bodies, identifying which ones are impaired, and actions required to be taken to make the water cleaner.
“For example, the office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment uses SWAMP data along with monitoring data from other agencies to develop fish consumption advisories and safe eating guidelines”
Water quality assessment can influence land use, determine permitted activities around water bodies, and is used to develop recommendations or how better manage the biological and environmental health of our Californian waters. Every year, hundred of decisions are made that influence water quality. These decisions range from local development decisions to statewide policy implementation.
Public Health advisory in fish consumption: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/fishcon1.asp
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish.html
SWAMP information: http://waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp
Beach Report: http://www.healthebay.org/brcv2/
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