How many beaches are sampled under the Texas Beach Watch Program? How often are samples collected?
Water samples are collected from 167 stations at approximately 67 recreational beaches along the Texas coast in Aransas, Brazoria, Cameron, Galveston, Jefferson, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces and San Patricio counties. Water samples are collected weekly during the peak beach season, which runs from May through September, and every two weeks during the rest of the year. The one exception occurs in March when weekly sampling is conducted to coincide with spring break at Beach Watch monitored gulf beaches.
