/g\ EPA's BEACH Report:
\^J/ Alaska 2010 Swimming Season
May 2011
Introduction
The BEACH Act of 2000 requires that coastal
and Great Lakes states and territories report
to EPA on beach monitoring and notification
data for their coastal recreation waters. The
BEACH Act defines coastal recreation waters as
the Great Lakes and coastal waters (including
coastal estuaries) that states, territories,
and authorized tribes officially recognize or
designate for swimming, bathing, surfing, or
similar activities in the water.
This fact sheet summarizes beach monitoring
and notification data submitted to EPA by the
State of Alaska for the 2010 swimming season.
Table 1. Breakdown of monitored and
unmonitored coastal beaches by
community for 2010.
Community
Total
Beaches Monitored
Not
Monitored
NAKNEK
1 1
0
DILLINGHAM
1 1
0
JUNEAU
1 1
G
TOTALS
3 3
0
June<
Dillingham
Naknek
Figure 1. Alaska coastal communities.

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2010 Summary Results
How many notification actions were reported
and how long were they?
When water quality standards are exceeded at a
particular beach, Alaska issues a beach advisory that
warns people to avoid contact with the water. None
of the three monitored beaches had an advisory
issued during the 2010 swimming season.
What percentage of days were beaches under a
notification action?
No actions were reported during Alaska's 2010
swimming season (Figure 3).
How do 2010 results compare to previous years?
Table 2 compares 2010 notification action data with
monitored beach data from previous years.
What pollution sources possibly affect
investigated monitored beaches?
Figure 4 displays the percentage of Alaska's
investigated monitored beaches possibly affected by
various pollution sources. In 2010, two out of three
of their beaches reported that sources of pollution
were unknown.
For More Information
For general information about beaches:
www.epa.gov/beaches/
For information about beaches in Alaska:
ww w. dec. state, ak .us/water/wqs ar/wqs/
beachprogram.htm
Figure 2: Beach notification actions by duration.
10 -
9 "
8 "
o 3 "
2 2 "
1" 0	0	0	0
0 -I	1	1	1	
1 - 2 Days 3-7 Days 8-30 Days >30 Days
Duration of Actions (days)
Figure 3:
Table 2. Beach notification actions, 2008-2010.
2008	2009	2010
Number of monitored	333
beaches
Number of beaches
affected by notification	000
actions
Percentage of beaches
affected by notification	0%	0%	0%
actions
Percentage of beach
days affected by	0%	0%	0%
notification actions
Figure 4: Percent of investigated monitored beaches
affected by possible pollution sources (3 beaches).
Percent of beaches
0 1 0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Investigated / no sources found
Non-storm related runoff
Storm-related runoff
Agricultural runoff
Boat discharge
Cone, animal feeding operation
Combined sewer overflow
Sanitary sewer overflow
Publicly-owned treatment works
Sewer line leak or break
Septic system leakage
Wildlife
Other (identified) source(s)
Unidentified source(s)
Note: A single beach may
have multiple sources.
33
33
67
Beach days
with an action
Beach days
with no action
270
(100%)
Beach days with
and without
notification
actions.

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