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High Fecal Bacteria Closes Ocean County Beach: DEP High Fecal Bacteria Closes Ocean County Beach: DEP
High Fecal Bacteria Closes Ocean County Beach: DEP Seaside Heights' bay beach was closed Wednesday, July 19 due to high fecal bacteria levels, authorities said. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection banned swimming at the beach off Hancock Avenue in Seaside Heights Borough after water samples showed high levels of colony forming units of enterococci. The DEP retested the water at the beach on Wednesday and results were expected to be released Thursday afternoon, July 20. Enterococci is a type of bacteria that indicates possible contamination in bathing water that can include human or animal waste. Swimming in or …