Grey Bruce Public Health has lifted the swim advisory for Southampton’s beach.

They received test results from a new series of beach water samples that show bacterial levels have returned to within Ontario Ministry of Health guidelines for safe swimming/bathing.

Back on August 13th the Southampton Beach was posted unsafe for swimming due to bacteria levels exceeding Ontario’s recreational water quality guideline of a maximum of 200 E. coli per 100 milliliters of water.

“We would like to thank the residents of the Saugeen Shores and visitors to Southampton Beach for respecting the advisory. Beaches are posted as unsafe when bacterial levels in the water could pose a risk to human health,” says GBPH Senior Public Health Manager Andrew Barton.

People who swim, play in, or use beach water

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