Reappraisal of Shellfish Growing Area: (Sunset Lake to Cape May Harbor) Wildwood to Cape May City, 1992-1998

This report is a reappraisal that contains water quality data for growing area (Sunset Lake to Cape May Harbor). This report evaluates data collected between January 1, 1992 and June 12, 1998. The water quality information was consistent and met the criteria for the current classifications of Special Restricted and Prohibited. However, establishment of additional sampling stations is recommended as well as establishment of stations designated for coliphage sampling in order to obtain a greater amount of recent data to make an evaluation.This report was funded by a State General Appropriation and the Federal Clean Water Act.Document does not include the Appendices, which were 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