Forty-seven Massachusetts beaches reached dangerous levels of fecal bacteria last year, according to the non-profit organization Environment Massachusetts.

In 2024, 47 out of 563 coastal Mass. beaches were unsafe for swimming for approximately 25% of the days the water was tested.

The study also found that 226 beaches, or 58%, reached potentially unsafe levels of fecal indicator bacteria on at least one testing day in 2024.

“Even as Massachusetts residents are back to enjoying the fresh sea breeze and splash of waves at the beach, pollution is still plaguing too many of the places where we swim. Now is the time to fix our water infrastructure and stop the flow of nasty bacteria and pollution to our beaches,” John Rumpler, clean water director for Environment Massachusetts, said in the r

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