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Advisory lifted for Harris Beach
Saturday, June 19, 2004 | 1 comment(s)
The Oregon Department of Human services on Friday lifted an advisory for contaminated water at Harris Beach State Park near Brookings, two months after investigators found high bacterial levels in the water.
In a press release, the DHS announced that water tests performed Wednesday at Harris Beach showed levels of the Enterococcus bacterium below 10 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters of water. The federal Environmental Protection Agency lists the safe limit at 158 CFUs.
Harris Beach was one of three South Coast parks the DHS placed under the water advisory on April 16. Before the alert was issued, state testers recorded a bacterial level at Harris Beach of 336 CFUs.
Visitors also were cautioned to avoid the waters at Mill Beach in Curry County and Sunset Bay State Park south of Charleston. Those advisories ended on May 14.
High concentrations of Enterococcus can be contracted by swimmers and are linked to gastroenteritis, skin rashes and eye, ear, nose and throat infections.
In a press release, the DHS announced that water tests performed Wednesday at Harris Beach showed levels of the Enterococcus bacterium below 10 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters of water. The federal Environmental Protection Agency lists the safe limit at 158 CFUs.
Harris Beach was one of three South Coast parks the DHS placed under the water advisory on April 16. Before the alert was issued, state testers recorded a bacterial level at Harris Beach of 336 CFUs.
Visitors also were cautioned to avoid the waters at Mill Beach in Curry County and Sunset Bay State Park south of Charleston. Those advisories ended on May 14.
High concentrations of Enterococcus can be contracted by swimmers and are linked to gastroenteritis, skin rashes and eye, ear, nose and throat infections.
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