Sanitary Survey: Atlantic Ocean, Barnegat Inlet to Seaside Park, 1995-1998

The water quality in Atlantic Ocean from Barnegat Inlet to Seaside Park is consistent with the current classification. Area AO7 is located off the coast of the Barnegat Inlet in Ocean County. The last report for this area was a Reappraisal completed in October 1995, which covered data from 1991 through 1994. This report covers water quality data from 1995 through 1998. This report recommends no change to the current classification.This report was funded by a State General Appropriation and the Federal Clean Water Act.The appendices are not included in this document, as they are not available online.Purpose: This report is part of a series of studies having a dual purpose. The first and primary purpose is to comply with the guidelines of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) that are established by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC). Reports generated under this program form the basis for classifying shellfish waters for the purpose of harvesting shellfish for human consumption. As such, they provide a critical link in protecting human health. The second purpose is to provide input to the State Water Quality Inventory Report, which is prepared pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217). The information contained in the growing area reports is used for the New Jersey State Water Quality Inventory Report (305b) which provides an assessment to Congress every two years of current water quality conditions in the State's major rivers, lakes, estuaries, and ocean waters