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| https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/cwb_water_quality.subset | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/cwb_water_quality | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/cwb_water_quality.graph | Hawaii Clean Water Branch (CWB) Beach Water Quality Data | Exposure to sewage contaminated recreational waters may cause gastrointestinal illnesses in swimmers. The State of Hawaii Department of Health (HIDOH) Clean Water Branch (CWB) monitors the waters of Hawaii's beaches for concentrations of Enterococcus, which acts as an indicator of pathogens. The CWB also uses Clostridium perfringens as a secondary tracer of sewage contamination. Results of this monitoring are evaluated using a decision rule to determine whether a beach is safe (\"Compliant\") or not safe (on \"Alert\") for swimming and other water contact activities. If a beach is found to be on \"Alert\" due to elevated indicator bacteria levels, the CWB issues public warnings and alerts and determines whether resampling of the area is necessary.\n\nUnder the U.S. BEACH Act, the State of Hawaii receives an annual grant to implement its beach monitoring program. This requires the State to conduct a monitoring and notification program that is consistent with performance criteria published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2002. In March 2010, the EPA approved amendments to the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Chapter 11-54, Water Quality Standards (CWB QAPrgP, HIDOH 2011, Appendix D), which revised the previous State Enterococcus criteria of a geometric mean (GM) of 7 colony-forming units (CFU) per 100 mL and a single sample maximum (SSM) of 100 CFU/100 mL to meet current EPA guidelines. The State of Hawaii now uses the EPA recommended Enterococcus GM and SSM for recreational waters consistent in the 1986 Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria. The criterion lists the GM and SSM for marine waters as 35 CFU/100 mL and 104 CFU/100 mL, respectively.\n\nThe CWB utilizes Clostridium perfringens as a secondary tracer in addition to the Enterococcus indicator to help distinguish between sewage and non-sewage sources of elevated Enterococcus levels in marine coastal waters. The reliability of Enterococcus as an indicator organism in tropical environments has been questioned. This issue was formally documented in the report, Tropical Water Quality Indicator Workshop (Fujioka and Byappanahalli, 2003).\n\nOne of the limitations of all available and EPA-approved test methods is that the sample must be incubated for about 24 hours. As a result, the public finds out today when they shouldn't have gone in the water yesterday. As a result, warning signs on the beach may or may not be reflective of actual water quality because they are based on tests performed one or more days ago.\n\ncdm_data_type = Point\nVARIABLES:\ntime (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)\n... (12 more variables)\n | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/metadata/fgdc/xml/cwb_water_quality_fgdc.xml | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/metadata/iso19115/xml/cwb_water_quality_iso19115.xml | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/info/cwb_water_quality/index.htmlTable | http://www.beachapedia.org/State_of_the_Beach/State_Reports/HI/Water_Quality
| https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/rss/cwb_water_quality.rss | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/subscriptions/add.html?datasetID=cwb_water_quality&showErrors=false&email= | State of Hawaii Clean Water Branch (CWB) | cwb_water_quality | |||
| https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/maui_water_quality.subset | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/maui_water_quality | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/maui_water_quality.graph | Maui Citizen Science Coastal Water Quality Data | A network of citizen science volunteers periodically monitored water quality at several beaches across the island of Maui in the State of Hawaii during the years 2010-2016. This community-based monitoring effort provided valuable data for resource management purposes. Informed volunteer networks can serve as a community's \"eyes and ears\" and will often provide the first indications of changes to a system. In addition to the value of early detection, it is important to maintain ongoing monitoring efforts to compile data and document resource conditions.\n\nIn addition to water temperature, salinity, turbidity (water clarity), and pH, sampling sites were also monitored for harmful bacteria levels of Enterococcus through 2014-06-26. This indicator bacteria has been correlated with the presence of human pathogens (disease-causing organisms) and therefore with human illnesses such as gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and various infections in epidemiological studies. As such, it is commonly measured in beach water quality monitoring programs. For reference, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1986 Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria recommends that a water quality alert is posted if either: (a.) the latest water sample exceeds 104 CFU/100 mL of Enterococcus, or (b.) the geometric mean of the past 30 days of water samples exceeds 35 CFU/100 mL. One of the limitations of all available and EPA-approved test methods is that the sample must be incubated for about 24 hours.\n\nData were managed through an online repository, the Coral Reef Monitoring Data Portal (now defunct), developed and coordinated by the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) and its partners with funding provided by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Data collection was coordinated by the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS), Aquanimity Now, the Digital Bus, Save Honolua Coalition, Project S.E.A.-Link, and other local organizations and agencies. Data are publicly distributed by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS).\n\ncdm_data_type = Point\nVARIABLES:\ntime (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)\nlongitude (degrees_east)\nlatitude (degrees_north)\n... (9 more variables)\n | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/metadata/fgdc/xml/maui_water_quality_fgdc.xml | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/metadata/iso19115/xml/maui_water_quality_iso19115.xml | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/info/maui_water_quality/index.htmlTable | https://coral.org/maui/
| https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/rss/maui_water_quality.rss | https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/subscriptions/add.html?datasetID=maui_water_quality&showErrors=false&email= | Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) | maui_water_quality |