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Public Beaches and Rivers |
| Vermont's rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes constitute a valuable natural resource which benefits residents and visitors. Violations of the state's bacterial water quality standards can result in beach closings and illnesses in swimmers. Maintaining a high standard of bacterial water quality in recreational waters is invaluable to human health and the state's recreational tourist industry. E. coli monitoring data has been summarized by year for state park beaches, and rivers and streams monitored by volunteer citizen groups. |
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State Beaches: State park beaches are monitored for E. coli by the state of Vermont. Water samples are processed at the Department of Environmental Conservation Laboratory in Waterbury, VT. Data has been summarized for 1996-1999. |
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Rivers and Streams in Vermont have been monitored for E. coli by volunteer watershed associations since the early 1990's. Many of these river monitoring projects have been organized by River Watch Network in Montpelier, VT. |
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