Health Department issues a public swimming advisory for the waters of:-Mobile Bay @ MayDay Park in Daphne-Bon Secour Bay @ Mary Ann Nelson Park in Barnwell (Sou
-Mobile Bay @ MayDay Park in DaphneThe Alabama Department of Public Health advises the public that two recent successive tests of swimming water quality were poor. Swimming in this area may lead to an increased risk of illness. Monitoring will continue and the advisory will be lifted once bacteria values fall below the Environmental Protection Agency’s threshold of 104 enterococcus organisms per 100 milliliters for marine water.
The ADPH and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management operate the bacteriological water quality monitoring and notification program under a grant from the EPA’s BEACH Act Program. This program involves the routine collection of water samples from twenty-five high-use coastal recreational sites.
These samples are analyzed for enterococci bacteria. High counts indicate that the possibility that other disease-causing germs could be present in the water. Based on EPA’s “Criteria for Bathing Recreational Waters”, samples are checked for enterococcus bacteria. These indicator bacteria are inhabitants of the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals.
When monitoring results exceed the EPA standard, the affected site is immediately retested. If the results of the second test identify enterococci levels persisting above the EPA standard, a public advisory is issued by the health department through the cooperative efforts of the news media. This advisory states there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming at the affected site.
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