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New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Watershed Management Bureau

  Public Beach Inspection Program

    Current Advisories




Saturday, July 05, 2008


Beach: Lake Winnisquam Town Beach, Sanbornton
Start Date: 6/24/2008
Advisory: Cyanobacteria bloom. Over 90% of algae collected was Anabaena circinalis, a cyanobacteria capable of producing neurotoxins and hepatoxins.

Beach: Winnisquam Lake Town Beach, Belmont
Start Date: 6/24/2008
Advisory: Cyanobacteria bloom. Over 80% of algae collected was Anabaena circinalis, a cyanobacteria capable of producing neurotoxins and hepatoxins.

Beach: New Castle Town Beach New Castle, NH
Start Date: 07/02/2008
Advisory: A bacteria advisory has been posted due to an Enterococci count above the State standard of 104 counts/100 mL of water. The advisory will be removed when the re-sample values fall below this State standard.

Beach: Captains Pond Salem,NH
Start Date: 07/03/2008
Advisory: An advisory has been issued due to elevated levels of bacteria at the beach. Additional samples will be collected. Once the bacteria levels fall below the state standard of 88 counts/100mL of water, the advisory will be removed.

Beach: Hedgehog Pond Town Beach Salem, NH
Start Date: 07/03/2008
Advisory: An advisory has been issued due to elevated levels of bacteria at the beach. Additional samples will be collected. Once the bacteria levels fall below the state standard of 88 counts/100mL of water, the advisory will be removed.

Beach: Carmar Lane Salem, NH
Start Date: 07/03/2008
Advisory: An advisory has been issued due to elevated levels of bacteria at the beach. Additional samples will be collected. Once the bacteria levels fall below the state standard of 88 counts/100mL of water, the advisory will be removed.

Beach: Milton Pond Rec Area, Milton NH
Start Date: 7/4/2008
Advisory: An advisory has been issued due to elevated levels of bacteria at the beach. Additional samples will be collected. Once the bacteria levels fall below the state standard of 88 counts/100mL of water, the advisory will be removed.

Beach: Wakefield Town Beach on Lovell Pond, Wakefield
Start Date: 7/4/2008
Advisory: An advisory has been issued due to elevated levels of bacteria at the beach. Additional samples will be collected. Once the bacteria levels fall below the state standard of 88 counts/100mL of water, the advisory will be removed.


More About Beaches...
Adopt-a-Beach Program
Sample Analyses
Beach Reports
Health Risks
Report of Illness Form
Beach Advisories
Animals on our Beaches
BEACH Act
Links and Fact Sheets
Beach Program Brochure
Earth 911
Carry It Don't Bury It Campaign
Pet Waste Outreach Campaign


* New rules pertaining to public bathing places have been recently adopted and they can be found by clicking on 'Proposed and Recently Adopted' rules
* Application for New Beach Construction
* Public Comment:
BEACH ACT Grant Performance


 
Recreational Exposure to Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae): What You Should Know


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