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Suffolk County Issues Advisory against Bathing at 51 Beaches Due to Heavy Rainfall

 

 

 

Suffolk County Health Officials issued an advisory against bathing at 51 beaches, including beaches within and adjacent to various north shore embayments (Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington Harbor and Bay, Centerport Harbor, Northport Harbor and Bay, Port Jefferson Harbor Complex, and Stony Brook Harbor), along the northern shoreline of the Great South Bay and those Long Island Sound beaches that are directly impacted by nearby storm water discharges (list attached).

 

The advisory is based on the potential that bacterial numbers in excess of New York State standards, resulting from the heavy rain, will impact these areas.

 

The beaches covered by the advisory are located in areas that are heavily influenced by stormwater runoff from the surrounding watersheds and/or adjacent tributaries, and, because of their location in an enclosed embayment, experience limited tidal flushing. 

 

 

The Department recommends that bathing and other water contact be suspended in affected areas until the waters have been flushed by two successive tidal cycles (at least a 24 hr. period) after the rain has ended. Unless heavy rains persist beyond today or sampling done by the Department finds elevated bacterial numbers persisting beyond the 24-hr period, this advisory will be lifted Friday, 7/27/18 at 8:30 a.m.

 

For the latest information on affected beaches, call the Bathing Beach HOTLINE at 852-5822, contact the Department's Office of Ecology at 852-5760 during normal business hours, or visit the website link: www.suffolkcountyny.gov/health.

 

                         Suffolk County Department of Health Services

                    51 Beaches Included in Bathing Advisory of 7/26/18

 

 

 

Amityville Village Beach

Babylon

7/26/2018 8:33:00 AM

Rainfall related

Sound Beach POA East

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:34:00 AM

Rainfall related

Sound Beach POA West

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:34:00 AM

Rainfall related

Tides Beach

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:34:00 AM

Rainfall related

Beech Road Beach (NSBA)

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:34:00 AM

Rainfall related

Broadway Beach (NSBA)

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:35:00 AM

Rainfall related

Friendship Drive Beach (NSBA)

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:35:00 AM

Rainfall related

Shoreham Village Beach

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:35:00 AM

Rainfall related

Shoreham Beach

Brookhaven

7/26/2018 8:35:00 AM

Rainfall related

Shirley Beach

Brookhaven

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