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Improving water quality communications at beaches: input from stakeholders

Author(s) -

Preethi Pratap,

Sarah Davis Redman,

Michael C. Fagen,

Samuel Dorevitch

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of water and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1996-7829

pISSN - 1477-8920

DOI - 10.2166/wh.2013.077

Subject(s) - recreation , water quality , quality (philosophy) , stakeholder , focus group , business , work (physics) , environmental health , population , public health , environmental planning , environmental resource management , public relations , medicine , marketing , geography , environmental science , nursing , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , law , biology

Water quality communication practices vary widely and stakeholder input has not played a role in defining acceptable levels of risk. Although the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria (RWQC) emphasize the importance of promptly notifying the public about hazardous conditions, little is known about the public's understanding of notifications, or about levels of risk deemed acceptable. We sought to address these gaps.

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