Beach Testing Results - August 25th
BEACH TESTING RESULTS FOR AUGUST 25th, 2014
Egypt Beach - <10
Humarock Beach - <10
Lighthouse Beach - <10
Minot Beach – <10
Peggotty Beach – <10
Sand Hills Beach – 40
All beaches are open for swimming.
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.