The LaPorte County Health Department is pleased to provide the following resources for research and reference information.

• EPA'S BEACH REPORT: 2005 Swimming Season (PDF)
  
  
• Can We Swim in the Water? (PDF)
  
  
• Comparison of Membrane Filtration and Multiple-Tube Fermentation by the Colilert and Enterolert Methods for Detection of Waterborne Coliform Bacteria, Escherichiacoli, and Enterococci Used in Drinking and Bathing Water Quality Monitoring in Southern Sweden (PDF)
  
  
• Economic and Health Risk Trade-Offs of Swim Closures at a Lake Michigan Beach (PDF)
  
  
• Enterococci as Indicators of Lake Michigan Recreational Water Quality: Comparison of Two Methodologies and Their Impacts on Public Health Regulatory Events (PDF)
  
  
• Evaluation of a Rapid, Quantitative Real-Time PCR Method for Enumeration of Pathogenic Candida Cells in Water (PDF)
  
  
• Foreshore Sand as a Source of Escherichia coli in Nearshore Water of a Lake Michigan Beach (PDF)
  
  
• Lake Michigan Shoreline TMDL for E. Coli Bacteria Modeling Framework Report (PDF)
  
  
• National Beach Guidance and Performance Criteria for Grants (PDF)
  
  
• Occurrence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in Cladophora (Chlorophyta) in Nearshore Water and Beach Sand of Lake Michigan  (PDF)
  
  
• Recreational Water Quality: Current Status and Opportunities (PDF)
  
  
• Ubiquity and Persistence of Escherichia coli in a Midwestern Coastal Stream  (PDF)
  
  
• Water Quality Standards for Coastal and Great Lakes Recreation Waters; Proposed Rule  (PDF)
  
  

For historical test data, click here.

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