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Recreational Water Quality Criteria
Report of the Experts Scientific Workshop
Report of the Experts Scientific Workshop on Critical Research Needs for the Development of New or Revised Recreational Water Quality Criteria (EPA 823-R-07-006; June 2007)
EPA 823-R-07-006; June 2007
The March 2007 Experts Scientific Workshop was a forum for discussion of critical research and science needs for developing new or revised recreational ambient water quality criteria in the near-term. Forty-three U.S. and international experts from academia, numerous states, public interest groups, EPA, and other federal agencies met to talk about the state-of-the-science on recreational water quality research and implementation.
This report summarizes the discussion of the scientific and technical panel in the following topic areas:
- Approaches to criteria development
- Implementation realities
- Pathogens, pathogen indicators and indicators of fecal contamination
- Methods development
- Comparing risk (to humans) from different sources
- Acceptable risk
- Modeling applications
Please send your comments regarding this document to Samantha Fontenelle (fontenelle.samantha@epa.gov).
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- Executive Summary (PDF) (EPA 823-R-07-007; 11 pp., 52 K) —This Executive Summary is not part of the "Entire Report" link below and must be downloaded separately.
- Front Matter and Table of Contents (PDF) (14 pp., 49 K)
- Introduction (7 pp., 46 K)
- Chapter 1—Approaches to Criteria Development (PDF) (27 pp., 147 K)
- Chapter 2—Pathogens, Pathogen Indicators, and Indicators of Fecal Contamination (PDF) (23 pp., 102 K)
- Chapter 3—Methods Development (PDF) (18 pp., 78 K)
- Chapter 4—Comparing Risk (to Humans) from Different Sources (PDF) (17 pp., 78 K)
- Chapter 5—Acceptable Risk (PDF) (15 pp., 73 K)
- Chapter 6—Modeling Applications for Criteria Development and Implementation (PDF) (25 pp., 255 K)
- Chapter 7—Implementation Realities (PDF) (21 pp., 90 K)
- Appendices
- A—Charge to the Expert Workgroup Members (PDF) (14 pp., 61 K)
- B—Participant List (PDF) (8 pp., 29 K)
- C—Translation of Epidemiology to Disease Burden by WHO and EU (PDF) (6 pp., 53 K)
- D–G (PDF) (12 pp., 56 K)
- Summary of European Commission Directive
- Indicator Terminolgy
- Summary of Measurements Currently Planned for the Doheny and Malibu Beach Epidemiology Study
- Development of Deterministic Models
- Entire Report (PDF) (199 pp., 855 K)—Please note that the Executive Summary is separate from the rest of the report and is not included with this file.