1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Beach Science for the New Millennium Richard Whitman U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center Porter, Indiana

2. USGS Partners § Cities (Gary, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sturgeon Bay) § Counties § States (MI, WI, NY, CA, FL, OH) § Federal & International Agencies (EPA, NOAA, NPS, US ACOE, USDA, CDC, IJC, WHO, Environment Canada, Health Canada)

3. Federal Collaboration on Beach Health in the Great Lakes Remediation, Decision Support, & Environmental Research Recreational Water Quality Research Operational Forecasting & Research BEACH HEALTH INTERAGENCY COORDINATION TEAM Beach Water Quality Forecasting Coordinator

4. USGS Discovers FIB in Sand Winter sampling Fall Sampling Working with States and Universities to Develop New Methods Beach sand and water E. coli are related Summer Sampling

5. USGS Finds that the Nuisance Algae, Cladophora, Harbors E. coli and Pathogens C. botulinum Salmonella C. perfringens Campylobacter

6. USGS Linking Stream Water Quality to Beach Water Quality Fair Haven Beach State Park, New York Dunes Creek at Indiana Dunes State Park beach Trail Creek and Kintzele Ditch, IN Burns Ditch, IN

7. Real-Time Predictive Modeling Lake Ontario Fair Haven, NY Huntington, Bay Village, OH Michigan Lake St. Clair Lake Erie

8. Real-Time Predictive Modeling Cont. Northwest, IN Chicago, IL Lake Michigan Door County, WI Lake Michigan Green Bay Regional Modeling 23 Chicago beaches 24 Door County beaches 10 Indiana beaches

9. USGS Studies Rapid Methods, Pathogens, and Waste Indicators in Indiana and Ohio Quantitative PCR (DNA) ATP Indicators Rapid methods Salmonella Shigella E. coli (0157)

10. Future needs § Scientifically and risk based criteria § Pathogen occurrence and health implications § Role of the environment § Better, faster methods § Accurate predictions and forecasts § Improved communication and education