EPA Office of Science and Technology

epa-beach-advisory-and-closing-online-notification-beacon-system

Beach Advisory and Closing Online Notification (BEACON) system

Beach Advisory and Closing Online Notification system (BEACON) is a colletion of state and local data reported to EPA about beach closings and advisories. BEACON is the public-facing query of the Program tracking, Beach Advisories, Water quality standards, and Nutrients database (PRAWN) which tracks beach closing and advisory information.

http://watersgeo.epa.gov/beacon2/

The spatial range for this dataset is 18.0° to 72.0° latitude, and -180.0° to -66.0° longitude. map (center)

Also known as :

• identifier 8e15bd4f-2c86-4c7e-8a44-e1d70f6c6b84 (datagov lexicon)
• dataset beach-advisory-and-closing-online-notification-beacon-system (datagov lexicon)