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3 pages in length. Challenges in monitoring and managing beach waters for public health protection involve the timeliness of water test results and types of warning information made available to the public regarding the safety of swimming at the beach and the associated health risks with doing so. Like the mayor in the movie Jaws, many community officials are hesitant to cast such a wide net of public fear by admitting their recreational beaches are awash with contaminants that can sicken visitors; however, by withholding the truth in exchange for protecting the city's economic interests, administrators stand to create a lot more grief for themselves by knowingly placing beachgoers directly in harms way. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the safety of swimming at the beach and the associated health risks with doing so. Like the mayor in the movie Jaws, many community officials are hesitant to cast
such a wide net of public fear by admitting their recreational beaches are awash with contaminants that can sicken visitors; however, by withholding the truth in exchange for protecting the
citys economic interests, administrators stand to create a lot more grief for themselves by knowingly placing beachgoers directly in harms way. Southern California
beaches, which have historically been coveted for their pristine water and environmental conditions, represent a global spot where ocean pollution has had a tremendous impact upon public health. Human
waste is found in the most unexpected places, fouling up the land and polluting the waters, because the population is such that the current refuse system cannot keep up.
As fecal matter leaches from existing sewer lines, more and more beaches are becoming contaminated. Beach closings have become commonplace along the southern California coast, inasmuch as water quality
has taken a significant turn for the worse. In 1999, for example, Orange Countys Huntington State Beach was closed over the otherwise heavily populated summer months from July fourth
through Labor Day because of unacceptable water quality (Ainsworth, 2000). The primary cause was due to sewage leaks and other manmade pollutants, inevitably threatening the very existence of underwater
populations teeming with life. In order to avoid such tremendous economic loss during those three months, Orange County would have had to spend "several billion dollars to close the
beach temporarily and rebuild the storm drains" (Ainsworth, 2000) just for that single beach. Fecal contamination in Floridas Apalachicola Bay, for example, has
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