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Maine Healthy Beaches Program: Summary Report Of Enhanced Monitoring And Pollution Source Tracking Efforts In The Willard Beach Watershed South Portland, Maine, 2012-2014
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2015
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Description:South Portland's commitment to clean water and their willingness to work with partners to transform the collected data to actions to improve water quality is commendable. Special thanks to the Water Resource Protection Department, which provided staff to collect all samples for this analysis and review the report. Willard Beach is a popular, year-round recreation area located in South Portland. Elevated bacteria results on the beach prompted the need for enhanced monitoring to determine the nature and extent of potential bacteria inputs. Although the waste of domestic and wild animals can contribute to impaired water quality, efforts have focused primarily on identifying and removing human sources (e.g. malfunctioning septic systems, faulty sewer lines) of fecal pollution. As part of this effort, Maine Healthy Beaches (MHB) partnered with the City to conduct paired enterococci (ENT) and optical brightener (OB) monitoring of the stormwater system from 2012 to 2014. Enterococci bacteria indicate the presence of fecal contamination from warm-​blooded animals and the possible presence of disease-causing microorganisms. However, fecal indicator bacteria like Enterococci do not differentiate the source(s) of bacterial pollution.
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Sea Grant Document Number:MEU-S-15-002
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