Report ranks the water quality of Great Lakes beaches
Great Lakes states placed in the bottom two-thirds of 30 states ranked recently by their 2009 beach water quality by the National Resources Defense Council. Critics say the report doesn’t fairly rank the true quality of Great Lakes beach water. But study co-author Mark Dorfman says focusing on the ranks misses the report’s point – highlighting poor beach water quality. Beach water quality was determined by the percent of state water samples that exceeded a federal standard for bacteria levels.
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