Loftin, Virginia2020-11-302020-11-302008-06https://hdl.handle.net/10929/68751The New Jersey Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program (CCMP) is in the Department of Environmental Protection’s Water Monitoring and Standards program. Agencies that participate in the CCMP perform sanitary surveys of beach areas and monitor concentrations of bacteria in nearshore coastal and estuarine waters to assess the acceptability of these waters for recreational bathing. These activities and the resulting data are used to respond to immediate public health concerns associated with recreational water quality and to eliminate the sources of fecal contamination that impact coastal waters.en-USNew JerseyMarine pollution - New JerseyBacterial pollution of water - New JerseyBeach closures - New JerseyWater quality - New JerseyOther