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Maine Healthy Beaches:
Bacteria Highs and Lows
Esperanza Stancioff, Keri Lindberg, Sarah Mosley, Paula Thomson
University of Maine Cooperative Extension/ Maine Sea Grant, State Planning Office
Maine Coastal Program
MHB Program Monitoring/Notification:
• Enterococci Bacteria as indicator species
• Enterolert Method Approved by EPA
• Results available on-line within 28 to 32 hours
• Resample occurs after an exceedance
• Advisories/closures are at the discretion of the town/state park
•Results and advisories/closures posted on the MHB website
Beach status duration
Bay View (Saco) Advisory 2
Camden Yacht Club Advisory 26
Colony Beach Advisory 5
Crescent Beach (Cape Elizabeth) Advisory 2
Ferry Beach (Saco) Advisory 4
Ferry Beach (Scarborough) Advisory 2
Fortunes Rocks Beach Advisory 1
Gooches Beach Advisory 10
Gooches Beach Closed 3
Goose Rock (Kennebunkport) Advisory 38
Hills Beach (Biddeford) Advisory 5
Lagoon Beach Advisory 3
Laite Beach Advisory 8
Laudholm Beach (WNERR-Wells) Advisory 17
Lincolnville Beach Area Advisory 1
Middle Beach (Biddeford) Advisory 1
Old Orchard Beach Advisory 2
Pine Point Advisory 5
Sea Point Beach Advisory 2
Willard Beach Closed 4
Willard Beach Advisory 6
TOTAL DAYS (2006) 147
0
50
100
150
200
2004200520062007
35
101
147
180
Advisories and Closures 2004--2007
2004
2005 2006 2007
MHB Notification Days
Areas Identified through MHB Program routine monitoring as needing surveys/Special Studies for ID of pollution sources and possible remediation of sources:
Kennebunk
Ogunquit
Portland
Biddeford
Kennebunkport
South Portland
Camden
Lincolnville
MDI
Collaboration Among Communities
5
Biddeford: Hills, Middle, Fortunes Rocks Beach
City Accomplishments:--Collaborative survey of Little River Watershed
--Regional GIS mapping of parcels, sewer lines, and septic system status
--Failing septic remediation (Basket Island)
--Sewer line replacement, CSO abatement
South Portland -Willard Beach:
City Accomplishments:--CSO abatement, sewer inflow reduction programs--Storm drain catch basin cleaning, drain stenciling--Public education/outreach
Sanitary Shoreline Surveys 2006
KennebunkportHotspots Assessment, Bacteria Analysis and Conclusions
(F. Dillon)
•Monitoring of Kennebunk River 05-06-07 Seasons
• Kennebunk Cons. Comm. and Wells Reserve initiated forum for citizens in watershed
• Develop a Boater’s Education Campaign-distributed 3000 brochures
• Intensive sampling, and possible Sanitary shoreline/watershed survey of the area (Summer/Fall 2007), optical brightener work
Town of Kennebunk
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History of elevated bacteria levels at the mouth of the river and adjacent beach sample sites, especially on an outgoing tide.
Collaborative effort between MHB Program, Town of Ogunquit, Town of Wells, WNERR, ME. DMR, and MHB Program Partners.
Ogunquit River Special Study 2006-2007
Preliminary Ogunquit River Results 2006
P Slovinski; S Dickson
Maine Geologic Survey
Public Interface to MHB Data
On-Line
July 2005
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© 2005 Maine Healthy Beaches
Summary for 2007
• Boater’s Education Campaign
• Fluorometry analysis in Kennebunk River w/ EPA and others
• ME Geological Survey to highlight transport and fate of contaminants in Ogunquit and Kennebunk
• Data analysis w/ EPA assistance to determine correlation of parameters influencing bacteria densities
• Additional monitoring and special studies conducted in Ogunquit, Kennebunk and Cape Neddick Rivers to assess their impact on beach water quality and investigate sources of contamination
Content Slide Template 3
• Imsep pretu tempu revol bileg rokam revoc tephe rosve etepe tenov sindu humas
turqu brevt elliu repar tiuve tamia queso utage udulc vires humus fallo 25deu Anetn
bisre freun carmi avire ingen uni.
• Imsep pretu tempu revol bileg rokam revoc tephe rosve etepe tenov sindu tur brevt
elliu repar tiuve tamia queso utage udulc vires humus fallo 25deu Anetn bisre freun
carmi avire ingen uni revol bileg rovac tenov sindu turqu brevt elliu.
• Imsep pretu tempu revol bileg rokam revoc tephe rosve etepe tenov sindu queso
utage udulc vires humus fallo 25deu turqu brevt elliu repar tiuve tamia queso utage
udulc vires queso utage udulc vires humus fallo 25deu
© 2005 Maine Healthy Beaches
For More Information:
www.MaineHealthyBeaches .orgwww.epa.gov/ost/beaches