The Blue Water Task Force is the Surfrider Foundation San Diego County Chapter's primary research and water quality monitoring and education program. Surfrider has teamed up with San Diego Coastkeeper to implement a water monitoring effort to timely alert surfers, beachgoers, and officials in their communities about health-threatening water quality problems and work towards solutions.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

BWTF 2010 Goals

Here are some of our goals for the 2010 year. Feel free to add comments and suggestions!

  • List on the BWTF section of the SFSD website all Watershed Captains, Vice-Captains, Laboratory Technicians and trained Watershed team members, and other key individuals.
  • Submit list of BWTF Watershed Team members committed to next water monitoring to CK Coordinator at least 1 week before Monitoring.
  • Establish a list of all trained Surfrider water quality monitors with:
    a) contact information
    b) How long they have been involved in the program
  • Conduct an assessment of how the information being gathered is currently being used, and how it could potentially be used
  • At least 2 BWTF members complete BWTF website and blog training
  • Establish system of recognition awards for BWTF members:

    a) recognize long- serving members and their contribution via chapter meetings, emails, and annual dinner
    b) Give BTWF members a T-shirt after they complete their training and 1st monitoring expedition.
    c) Define and provide electronic certificates for all those who complete BWTF 'training'
  • Plan at least 1 dinner for BWTF members and CK members who are closely involved to discuss the status of the program, and to recognize leaders. Pass around comment cards to attendees for comments and suggestions.
  • Completion of GPS mapping of all Surfrider BWTF test sites, with “mouse over” functionality on web site. Include links to results.
  • Maintenance of BWTF Internet Blog. Add pics of BWTF Teams in action at each watershed with SFSD Watershed Captains.
  • Work on obtaining funding to expand program
  • Meet various Water Monitoring needs: additional equipment, expanded test sites, expanded scopr of testing.


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