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

Public health officials said new test results from a series of beach water samples showed that bacterial levels have returned to within the Ontario Ministry of Health’s guidelines for safe swimming.

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“We would like to thank the residents of 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,” said GBPH senior public health manager Andrew Barton in a news release.

Public health, in consultation with Saugeen Shores, posted Southampton Beach as unsafe for swimming on Wednesday.

The decision was made after GBPH received lab confirmation that water samples from the beach ha

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