A summer streak of swimming advisories at Hampton Beach has beachgoers asking: What’s going on with the elevated bacteria levels?

A swim advisory is in effect for King-Lincoln Beach due to high bacteria levels. It’ll remain until tests confirm levels are back within safe limits.

Four freshwater lakes in New Jersey are also under swimming advisories and a lake at a state park remains closed due to a ...

An advisory against swimming was posted on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at a soundside site in Dare County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the ...

DOH-Santa Rosa advises against any water-related activities at Navarre Beach after water quality testing showed high bacteria ...

Tests completed on July 29 indicate that the water quality at Navarre Beach public accesses 37A and 40B are at acceptable ...

Enterococci are typically not considered harmful to humans, however, their presence in the environment may indicate that other disease-causing agents, such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa, may ...

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control tests for the indicator bacteria, enterococci, at all guarded (and several unguarded) public beaches during the swimming season. High ...

Recreational water advisories are issued when fecal indicator bacteria (Enterococcus) levels test above the health standard ...

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