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Buzzards Bay Project
National Estuary Program

Human Health Issues
Our Mission: To protect and restore water quality and living resources in Buzzards Bay and its surrounding watershed through the implementation of the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.




Last update June 11, 2003
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Beach Information

Where do people swim in Buzzards Bay? Well on any hot summer day, you will find many beachfront property owners on their private beaches, but more likely residents will be swimming at one of the public beaches or resident association beaches in the map shown below.

Beach Testing Information Page

Buzzards Bay Beaches

Looking for information on the annual Buzzards Bay Swim? Then visit the Coalition for Buzzards Bay web page.

Other Public Health Issues

Massachusetts DPH Mercury & PCB advisories and DMF shellfish bed closures

Restrictions on pesticides in Zone 2s (public water supply recharge areas)

State rabies program in the Buzzards Bay watershed
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Tufts Vetinary Program have teamed up for one of the most innovative and successful rabies control initiatives in the country. The effort focusses on feeding racoons with bait containing vaccine. Because this effort is in the Buzzards Bay watershed and we sometimes receive inquiries about the program, we have added this information page for residents.

What is the "Geometric Mean" and how to calculate it (used for swimming beach and shellfish bed closures)