10 Assume that you are a recreational shellfish bed manager

10. Assume that you are a recreational shellfish bed manager for a local health jurisdiction. If routine water monitoring began to indicate a persistent non-point source of fecal contamination was impacting the shellfish beds, what sampling approach would you follow to delineate the extent of the contamination? Would you use the same approach to identify the source of the contamination?

Solution

Composite Sampling approach is taken to delineate the extent of contamination.

Various other methods like acoustics (use of SONAR) - can help in getting the spatial extent data, video imaging - statis images or video stills cna be used for the characterization of shellfish beds and SCUBA divers collecting samples can help in assesing the contaminaton.