new member

["Richard L Whitman" <richard_whitman@usgs.gov>]

BEACHNET and the Association offers a big welcome to our latest member,
Wendy Ralley from the Province of Manitoba.  Her letter describing her
interests and background follows:
                                                                                           
                    "Ralley,                                                               
                    Wendy (CON)"         To:     "'richard_whitman@usgs.gov'"              
                    <Wralley@gov.        <richard_whitman@usgs.gov>                        
                    mb.ca>               cc:                                               
                                         Subject:     BEACHNET                             
                    12/05/2001                                                             
                    10:34 AM                                                               
                                                                                           
                                                                                           



Hi Richard,

I have just recieved a message from a colleague of mine with your email
asking if anyone would be interested in BEACHNET and the  GL Association of
Healthy Recreational Waters.  I am interested in both of these ventures
(the
Association and the list serve).  Currently I manage a program in the
Province of Manitoba that monitors approximately 50 publically accessible
beaches and for E. coli and (in part) Giardia  and  Cryptosporidium.
Although we are not in the Great Lakes drainage basin, I would be very
interested in discussions, articles and information about health risks to
recreational bathers.  As requested, my vitals are listed below:

Wendy Ralley
Water Branch
Manitoba Conservation
123 Main St. Suite 160
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
R3C 1A5

204 945-8146 (v)
204 948-2357 (f)

wralley@gov.mb.ca

I am extremely interested in rapid detection for compliance, and sero
testing for host species of bacterial contamination.

Thanks very much,
Wendy Ralley