Advisory Issued Against Bathing at 67 Suffolk County Beaches Due to Heavy Rainfall

September 4, 2012      

Advisory Issued Against Bathing at 67 Suffolk County Beaches

Due to Heavy Rainfall

James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, said today that due to the heavy rainfall that occurred today (9/4/12) and the additional rainfall anticipated for tomorrow (9/5/12), the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued an advisory against bathing at 67 beaches, including beaches located along the northern shoreline of Great South Bay, in Sag Harbor, 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), and those Long Island Sound beaches that are directly impacted by nearby storm water discharges (list follows).

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 cessation of rainfall.  Unless sampling done by the Department finds elevated bacterial numbers persisting beyond the 24-hr period, this advisory will be lifted at 10PM Thursday 9/6/12.

Please keep in mind that many of the beaches included in this advisory have already closed for the season and no longer supply lifeguard supervision.  As always, the SCDHS recommends bathing at lifeguard protected beaches only.

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 and under “Our Mission,” “Our Environment,” click “Beaches.”

Suffolk County Department of Health Services

67 Beaches Included in Bathing Advisory of 9/4/12

BEACH NAME	TOWN	VILLAGE	CURRENT STATUS	REASON
Amityville Village Beach	Babylon	Amityville	Advisory	Rainfall related
Tanner Park Beach	Babylon	Copiague	Advisory	Rainfall related
Venetian Shores Beach	Babylon	West Babylon	Advisory	Rainfall related
Copiague Harbor (Great South Bay) POA	Babylon	Copiague	Advisory	Rainfall related
Sound Beach POA West	Brookhaven	Sound Beach	Advisory	Rainfall related
Tides Beach	Brookhaven	Sound Beach	Advisory	Rainfall related
Beech Road Beach (NSBA)	Brookhaven	Rocky Point	Advisory	Rainfall related
Broadway Beach (NSBA)	Brookhaven	Rocky Point	Advisory	Rainfall related
Friendship Drive Beach (NSBA)	Brookhaven	Rocky Point	Advisory	Rainfall related
Shoreham Village Beach	Brookhaven	Shoreham	Advisory	Rainfall related
Shoreham Beach	Brookhaven	East Shoreham	Advisory	Rainfall related
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