Georgia Coastal Resources Division issued the following announcement on Mar. 23.
The Glynn County Health Department has lifted the bacteria-related beach water advisories on St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island.
Advisories have been lifted for:
Massengale Park Beach – from Driftwood Dr. to Cedar St. on St. Simons Island, and
Great Dunes Beach – from the Beach Pavilion to Corsair Beach Park on Jekyll Island.
The advisories were issued on March 22, 2022 after routine water quality tests showed a high level of enterococci bacteria which increase the risk of gastrointestinal illness in swimmers.
Subsequent water samples showed that the bacteria levels had dropped below Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended limits. Therefore, the advisories have been lifted.
For more information about beach water testing, go to coastalhealthdistrict.org and click on the Environmental Health tab at the top of the page.
Click here for a printable pdf of this news release.
Original source can be found here.
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