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Beach Testing Results-July 15, 2014

Posted on: July 16, 2014 - 1:42pm

BEACH TESTING RESULTS FOR JULY 15, 2014

 

Egypt Beach - 10

Humarock Beach - 20

Lighthouse Beach - 10

Minot Beach – <10

                                     Peggotty Beach – 30

                                     Sand Hills Beach - 10

 

Scituate Beach Water Testing Results:

Beach testing results 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. If they do, the beach must be closed to swimming after two consecutive unsatisfactory samples have been collected according to new regulations.

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