Study Tasks Completed This Quarter:
1) Task 1, Project Management and Administration (Ongoing)
2) Task 2, Assemble a Technical Advisory Committee (Ongoing)
3) Task 3.1, Bacteriological Survey of Watershed and Adjacent
Beach Recreational Water - Prepare sampling plan. Study protocol attached.
4) Task 3.2, Bacteriological Survey of Watershed and
Adjacent Beach Recreational Water - Conduct sampling and testing. Sampling and testing
completed.
Study Tasks in Progress:
1) Task 3.3. Bacteriological Survey of Watershed and
Adjacent Beach Recreational Water - Watershed Bacteriological Survey Report.
Raw data has been transferred to the contracting statistician,
Medical Data Coordinating Center, for analysis and table and graph preparation.
Report is in process of being prepared.
2) Task 4.1, Detailed Bacteriological Survey of Identified
Problem Areas -
Site visit by Dr. Harwood: Dr. Harwood visited the San Juan watershed May 18 reviewed
the testing protocol with Dr. Moore and presented a seminar on source tracking.
Sampling Plan for Identified Problem Areas
Proposed sampling plan is to sample at 4 locations:
1) Trabuco Creek below Ramos St, 2) San Juan Creek below Trabuco Creek, 3) San Juan
Creek at the beach (behind berm), 4) Ocean at San Juan Creek. This will allow the
subsequent source-tracking portion of the study to compare the source species of
bacterial pollution upstream vs. the creek mouth at the beach vs. the ocean water.
This plan was discussed with the regional board representative Jeremy Haas on Aug
10.
Contract Activities:
1) Scope of work in contract modified to contain costing by
task. State board is in final approval process. Scope of work is attached.
2) MOU between Orange County PFRD and HCA Public Health Laboratory
is in the process of being finalized.
3) The Orange County Health Care Agency obtained contracts
with the following scientists. Each of the scientists is a subcontractor to Orange
County Public Health Laboratory for this study
Dr. Harwood, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida,
Dr. Lukasik, Biological Consulting Services of North Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Dr. Lewis, Medical Data Coordinating Center, Encinitas, CA
TAC Meetings:
Meeting # 1 Held on October 12, 2000. Study proposal reviewed
and input received for selecting study test sites.
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