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Blue Water Task Force

Testing Local Waters on the Space Coast

Blue Water Task Force

What is it, and how does it work?

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.

Below is a video that explains the water testing process from start to finish, starring Surfrider Foundation's Space Coast Chair, Kris Baker.

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Blue Water Task Force

Surfrider Foundation Space Coast partners with Marine Resources Council (MRC) to test our waters for bacteria levels to raise awareness of our local pollution problems and to bring together communities to implement solutions.