Six bay beaches and four river beaches were also under swimming advisories.
The ocean beaches placed under swimming advisories were:Hollywood Avenue beach in Wildwood Crest
In addition to the three ocean beaches, six bay beaches in Monmouth, Ocean and Cape May counties and four river beaches in Ocean County were also placed under swimming advisories for high bacteria levels:Highlands Recreation Center in Highlands River Avenue beach in Point Pleasant Borough Brooklyn Avenue beach in Lavallette The entire list of beaches under advisories, and how high the bacteria levels were at each beach,Any time a sample, in this case taken Monday, has more than 104 colony...
Enterococci is a type of bacteria that is an indicator of possible contamination within bathing water that can include human or animal waste. The DEP said it retested the water at the beaches Tuesday and the results would be released Wednesday afternoon. If the second samples remain higher than 104 cfu, the beaches will be closed to swimming and remain that way until the sample falls under the limit.
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