2016 Recreational Waters Conference Sessions

In April 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Science and Technology hosted a Recreational Waters Conference on:

• Beach monitoring;
• Beach notification; and
• Implementation tools for the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria.

The conference included a pre-conference session with presentations on sanitary surveys, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) laboratory techniques, and predictive modeling. Conference materials are listed for download.

• Session 1: Welcome Speakers (pdf) (319.07 KB)
• Session 2: Trends in Beach Management (pdf) (5.75 MB)
• Session 3: Recreation Water Monitoring and Implementation Challenges/Successes (pdf) (8.96 MB)
• Session 4: Citizen Science (pdf) (9.79 MB)
• Session 5: Epidemiology and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (pdf) (2.18 MB)
• Session 6: Advances in Alternative Indicators and Measurement (pdf) (5.54 MB)
• Session 7: Pollution Source Identification, Tracking, and Sanitary Surveys (pdf) (4.96 MB)
• Session 8: Harmful Algal Blooms Impact (pdf) (6.56 MB)
• Session 9: Restoration and Remediation of Beaches (pdf) (6.57 MB)
• Session 10: Predictive Modeling and Forecasting (pdf) (5.75 MB)