Notice of Review of Water Quality Indicators and/or Rapid Measurement Technology

Résumé

This review will be conducted, and the information collected, by the Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch, Human Studies Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Product information packages collected for review are strictly voluntary. This notice is a result of Section 3(a)(v)(1) of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 and the strategic plan for EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) and the Office of Water entitled "Action Plan for Beaches and Recreational Water." Current EPA guidelines (Section 303(c) Clean Water Act) recommend the use of cultural methods for E. coli and enterococci to measure recreational water quality. These methods produce results in 24 hours creating a delayed response for recreational water managers. This shortcoming in the current practices for measuring recreational water quality has led EPA to consider new technology and indicators that will provide rapid measurement of water quality (preferably 2 hours or less). This will give vendors the opportunity to showcase technology and determine needs for current in