Water quality swimming advisory issued for KDH ocean-side site

(NCDEQ)

An advisory against swimming was posted today at an ocean-side site in Dare County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality standards.

The advisory is for an area at the public beach access at E. Oregon Street in Kill Devil Hills where test results of water samples indicate a running monthly average of 39 enterococci per 100 milliliters of water. This exceeds the state and federal standards of a running monthly average of 35 enterococci per 100 milliliters, based on five samples taken within a 30-day period.

Last week, an advisory against swimming was posted for the sound-side swimmi

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