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Susan Buckley, Branch Director
Barbara Howe, Deputy Branch Director
Donald I. Baird, MD, Health Officer
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100 H Street, Suite 100
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-6215
(707) 441-5699 FAX
Division of Environmental Health
Ocean Monitoring Program
NO HUMBOLDT COUNTY BEACHES ARE CURRENTLY POSTED.
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For all samples below, units are in are in MPN/100 ml. MPN = "most probable number"
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| Clam Beach Co. Park | 5/22/2012 | 1664 | No | 31 | No | 10 | No | | Luffenholtz Creek | 5/22/2012 | 144 | No | <10 | No | 10 | No | | Mad River Mouth / North | 5/22/2012 | 20 | No | 10 | No | <10 | No | | Moonstone Beach | 5/22/2012 | 1210 | No | 96 | No | 10 | No | | Trinidad State Park / Mill Creek | 5/22/2012 | 309 | No | 31 | No | 20 | No |
State Water Quality Standards for bacteria that are not to be exceeded in recreational waters are:
Total Coliform = 10,000 MPN/100ml
Fecal Coliform (as Escherichia coli) = 400 MPN/100 ml
Enterococcus (E. faecalis) = 104 MPN/100 ml
*Fecal Coliform to Total Coliform ratio exceeds 0.1, and the Total Coliform count exceeds 1,000 MPN
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