NC DMF Recreational Water Quality Monitoring
From 2015-2020 APNEP provided funding to support the Division of Marine Fisheries’ Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Program in the Albemarle-Pamlico region. APNEP's funding increases the number of sites DMF is able to monitor, enabling more comprehensive coverage of the region's communities and facilitating collection of water quality data. The Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Program tests for bacterial concentrations in coastal recreational waters with the goal of protecting human health. When bacteriological standards have been exceeded, the program notifies the public.