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Coastal Water Quality

An important purpose of the Coastal Program is to protect and improve coastal water quality. Our work focuses on how our use of the land and water affects water quality, and how we can best reduce any harmful impacts.

We support the following programs:

  • Maine Clean Boatyards and Marinas: a collaborative partnership among industry, state and federal agencies, and environmental organizations dedicated to promoting best management practices in boatyards and marinas
  • Water Quality, Phytoplankton, and Horseshoe Crab volunteer monitoring programs: community-based volunteers collect water samples to look for bacteria and toxic phytoplantkton or survey known horseshoe crab spawning sites to assist with state monitoring efforts
  • Maine Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO): an educational program for land use decision makers that addresses the relationship between land use and natural resource protection, with a focus on water resources, nonpoint source pollution, and stormwater runoff

For more information, please contact Paula Thomson (207-287-1482; Paula.Thomson@maine.gov).

Reports and Resources

Beach Health/Water Quality Monitoring Reports

Beach Circulation and Pollution Transport Studies

Stormwater and Low Impact Development