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Beach Water Quality 2011

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Results indicate that bacteria counts at Sandpoint, West Belle Rvier, and Seacliff Beaches have exceeded acceptable limits.

The bacterial counts for samples taken Wednesday, September 14, 2011 are as follows:

	Jun 15	Jun 22	Jun 29	Jul 6	Jul 13	Jul 20	Jul 27	Aug 3	Aug 10	Aug 17	Aug 24	Aug 31	Sep 7	Sep 14
Cedar Beach Kingsville	94	133	10	127	49	395	241	118	248	151	215	69	258	34
Cedar Island Beach Kingsville	103	160	18	17	33	85	147	700	84	108	131	137	278	42
Colchester Beach Essex	103	979	42	438	10	629	11	543	237	65	15	16	31	11
Hillman Beach Leamington	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10	286	25	N/A	49
Holiday Beach Amherstburg	757	379	60	181	162	49	293	156	975	130	47	28	89	12
Lakeside Beach Kingsville	459	1000	85	568	100	738	262	569	736	46	173	338	1000	36
NW Beach Point Pelee	37	248	28	865	12	906	12	839	621	424	42	13	167	11
Sandpoint Beach Windsor	11	802	127	234	376	112	111	172	349	18	436	60	512	116
Seacliff Beach Leamington	27	1000	22	244	12	87	28	415	138	348	147	279	361	267
W Belle River Beach Lakeshore	19	979	150	1000	276	1000	46	973	820	68	234	44	19	441

This concludes beach water testing for the season. Testing will resume in June of 2012.

For more information, call the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit at 519-258-2146 between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Enter ext. 1100 and ask for the Health Inspection Department.

The bacterial counts given reflect the conditions at the time of sampling. Conditions change from day to day depending on the weather conditions and lake levels.

Please note:

- E.coli/ 100ml - 100 or less ( < 100 ) indicates a low health risk

- E.coli/ 100 - 1000 indicates a possible health risk; swimming is not recommended (shaded background, bold text).

- More than 1000 ( > 1000) indicates a health hazard; beach is CLOSED (red background, white text).

Windsor Essex County Health Unit

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