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Beach Testing Results - August 19, 2014

Posted on: August 20, 2014 - 4:23pm

BEACH TESTING RESULTS FOR AUGUST 19, 2014

Egypt Beach - <10

Humarock Beach – <10

Lighthouse Beach – 30

Minot Beach – <10

Peggotty Beach – 10 (CLOSED to SWIMMING)

                                    Sand Hills Beach – <10

NOTE:  Based on the above results, the following beaches are open:

  • Egypt
  • Humarock
  • Lighthouse
  • Minot
  • Sand Hills

NOTE:  Although the single result above for Peggotty Beach is acceptable, Peggotty remains closed because the mean of the last five samples remain above the acceptable limit of 35 colonies per 100 mL of water.

Scituate Beach Water Testing Results:

Beach testing results also will be posted to the News & Notices area of the Town of Scituate Home page.

Under MDPH regulations for beaches guidelines, beach operators must test all public ocean beaches for bacteria each week, using the enterococcus indicator organism.

Under that guideline beach sampling will be weekly during the swim season, June until Labor Day. Unsatisfactory test results cannot exceed a specified number of bacteria colonies per 100/ml sample.

The maximum contamination is 104 Enterococci/100 ml. for ocean waters. There are 6 beaches that we test: Humarock, Peggotty Beach, Sand Hills, Egypt Beach, Lighthouse and Minot.

Maximum Contamination Level: 104 is considered unsatisfactory.

Method of Reference: EPA 1600