June 26, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A
North Coast water quality testing group gets a boost
Blue Water Task Force in
need of more volunteers
to monitor, protect
coastal recreation sites
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
The Surfrider Foundation
wants the public to be aware
of the water quality at coast-
al sites used for recreation.
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‘We’re trying to have as robust of a program as other
places on the coast and the rest of the nation.’
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