The Blue Water Task Force is Surfrider’s volunteer water quality monitoring program that provides critical water quality information to protect public health at the beach. Surfrider chapters use this program to raise awareness of local pollution problems and to bring together communities to implement solutions.
Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) labs measure fecal indicator bacteria levels in recreational waters and compare them to water quality standards set to protect public health. Chapter-run BWTF programs fill in the gaps and extend the coverage of agency-run beach monitoring programs by sampling ocean and bay beaches, estuaries and potential freshwater sources of pollution such as stormwater outlets, rivers and creeks that discharge onto the beach.
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The Delaware Chapter has teamed up with the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean & Environment Citizens Monitoring Program to monitor recreational beaches and bay sites. We monitor ocean surf beaches weekly in spring and fall, and monitor bay recreation areas in summer. Surfrider Foundation volunteers collect water samples for processing at the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean & Environment Citizens Monitoring Program lab.
