Clean Beaches Council-Blue Wave Campaign
http://www.cleanbeaches.org

A not-for-profit organization devoted to sustaining America's beaches. The mission of the Council is to promote public awareness and volunteer participation in sustainability while ensuring a legacy of clean beaches for all generations to come.

National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for Grants Document
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/grants/guidance/all.pdf

This document outlines the performance criteria that Great Lake states must meet in order to receive grants to implement required water monitoring and public notification that the Beach Act requires of all coastal Great Lake states.

CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming

The CDC’ssite providing information on swimming in healthy waters; also provides information on recreational water illnesses.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches

The EPA’s page for beach related information updates. It contains recent summit hearings or minutes from a national beach meeting. It also has EPA’s Clean Beaches Plan and Beacon, the online Beach Advisory and Closing Notification Program.

Earth 911
www.earth911.org

The State of Indiana’s chosen site to post local daily beach results for Northwest Indiana. LaPorte County Beach Advisories and Closings are posted by 11:00am daily.

LaPorte County Government Web Site
www.laportecounty.org

E.coli daily counts per 100 mL are available from the Health Department on all LaPorte County Beaches.

Michigan City Parks and Recreation Department
www.michigancityparks.com

Michigan City Parks and Recreation Department posts Lake Michigan beach results only Monday-Friday by 11:00am.

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/index.html

Current weather conditions and 7 day forecast.

Department of Natural Resources
http://www.in.gov/dnr/lakemich/

Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Program

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iisgcp.org

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

Visitors Bureau
http://www.visitlaportecounty.com/

Beach Act reference
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/act.html

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