Water quality swimming advisory issued for Colington Harbour sound-side site

(NCDEQ)

An advisory against swimming was posted on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at a sound-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 the sound-side swimming area in Colington Harbour, at the end of Colington Drive in Kill Devil Hills. 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.

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