A model for approving and controlling sea water pollution for recreational activity

A model for assessing approval of a beach for recreational water activity was proposed. The model is based upon a sanitary survey together with intensive microbiological monitoring three times a day, five times a week for a month. In highly populated areas, continuous surveys once a day, five days a week are needed in order to assure the cleanliness and safety of these beaches.

Due to our intensive monitoring system, we can assure that Tel‐Aviv has one of the cleanest beaches near a metropolitan area in the Mediterranean Sea.

Key words:

• Seawater. microbiological‐monitoring
• pollution‐prevention
• model
• beach

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Corresponding author: Dr. A. Mates, Dr. A Felix Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 8255, Tel‐Aviv 61082, Israel.