# EPA Announces Injection of Almost $10 Million to Purify Beaches Nationwide

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2012/02/epa-10-million-clean-up-beach-water-monitoring-nation/
- Published: 2012-02-16T22:47:44-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

## Agency Introduces Enhanced Website for Beach Notices and Shut Downs

The EPA declared today that it will be distributing $9.8 million to 38 states and
other entities. All for the purpose of maintaining the health of swimmers at our
nation’s beaches. Additionally, the agency has also created an improved website.
Thereby providing data on water quality and [pollution](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/04/nat-geo-games-build-it-green-back-to-the-beach/)
testing. That’s for more than 6,000 U.S. beaches.

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Asian family collecting plastic waste on the beach. young people friends picking
up trash and garbage on tropical beach saving planet and ecology

This website will also enable the public to access beach water advisories and closings.
I mean more promptly and easily.

### BEACON

The BEACON website is capable of updating every two hours with new data from states.
People can view mapped locations of beaches and water monitoring stations. In addition
to beach water monitoring results for pollutants like bacteria and algae. On top
of that, anyone can access reports that incorporate notifications and water quality
monitoring data. This revised system also has improved map navigation and report
display capabilities.

In the U.S., most beach advisories and closures are linked to water testing. All
that reveals bacteria contamination.

For these bacteria can lead to illness and come from a wide range of sources. That’s
such as sewage overflows, untreated stormwater, boating waste. Furthermore pet and
also wild animal waste. Finally and septic system malfunctions.

#### Swimming Season

Throughout the swimming season, health and environmental protection departments 
at the state and local level. For they keep an eye on the quality of water at shorelines
across the country. When levels of bacteria in the water go over the acceptable 
limit, they let the public know through either beach alerts or shutting down access
to the beach.

The 12th year of EPA grants for beach [water quality monitoring and public notification](https://greenlivingguy.com/2012/01/epa-environmental-grants-improve-community-health/)
of potentially unsafe conditions for swimming is about to begin. Over $111 million
has been made available for this purpose, and the number of monitored beaches has
already risen to over 3,600 in 2010. To be considered for the grants, applications
must be received within 60 days of the Federal Register notice, and the awards are
expected to be granted later on this year.

#### Information

The EPA has improved their beach advisory and closing information, which can be 
accessed at [http://watersgeo.epa.gov/BEACON2/](https://watersgeo.epa.gov/BEACON2/).

For further details about the grants, please visit [http://water.epa.gov/grants_funding/beachgrants/index.cfm](https://www.epa.gov/beach-tech/beach-grants)
to learn more.

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