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Virginia Dept of Health has a new site to monitor rainfall and contamination and alert shellfish harvesters of closures

Map interface shows precipitation levels for VA management areas Aug 17 to 18

Increased rainfall bears a strong correlation to pathogenic bacteria. Virginia Department of Health now has an additional site to monitor rainfall and alert shellfish harvesters of shellfish bed closures. NCCOS developed shellfish closure tools for states to improve the efficiency and accuracy of closure decisions. https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/tool-alerts-shellfish-harvesters-to-closures/