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High Bacteria Levels Shuts Swimming At NJ Beach For Rest Of Season High Bacteria Levels Shuts Swimming At NJ Beach For Rest Of Season
High Bacteria Levels Shuts Swimming At NJ Beach For Rest Of Season Swimming along one New Jersey beach has been closed for the rest of the season due to high bacteria levels, officials said. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection said only that a water sample from Beachwood Beach West exceeded the water quality standard. In a statement shared to the Beachwood website, the mayor and council said, "you may still sit and take in the lovely view of the scenery but no one will be permitted to swim."

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by Cecilia Levine
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Treatment Plan Could Change Taste Of Drinking Water In Some NJ Towns Treatment Plan Could Change Taste Of Drinking Water In Some NJ Towns
Treatment Plan Could Change Taste Of Drinking Water In Some NJ Towns You may notice a slight taste or smell of chlorine in your drinking water during the next few months. That's due to a maintenance program undertaken annually by New Jersey American Water. The water treatment will affect customers in parts of the following counties: Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union. The temporary change in the treatment process will take place at the company's Raritan-Millstone and Canal Road Water Treatment plants.  “This periodic, scheduled change in disinfectant is a standard water treatment practice that allows us to continu…

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Swimming Advisories Lifted At NJ Beaches After Ocean Water Is Retested For Fecal Bacteria: DEP Swimming Advisories Lifted At NJ Beaches After Ocean Water Is Retested For Fecal Bacteria: DEP
Swimming Advisories Lifted At NJ Beaches After Ocean Water Is Retested For Fecal Bacteria: DEP Swimming advisories at four South Jersey beaches have been lifted after ocean water was retested, authorities said. The initial samples found fecal bacteria was "a little over the standard,''' said Larry Hajna, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.  Per protocol, they were resampled, Hajna said on Wednesday, July 13.  "They were well within standard and the advisories were lifted," Hajna said. The beaches that had been briefly placed under swimming advisories were: Forget-Me-Not Road beach in Wildwood Crest  Miami Avenue beach in Wildwood …

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NJ Beach Reopens After Closed To High Levels Of Fecal Bacteria NJ Beach Reopens After Closed To High Levels Of Fecal Bacteria
NJ Beach Reopens After Closed To High Levels Of Fecal Bacteria A New Jersey beach has apparently been reopened after being closed to to high levels of fecal bacteria. There were no swimming advisories or closures as of Thursday evening for New Jersey beaches on the NJDEP website. A water sample at the Stockton Avenue beach in Long Beach Township showed elevated levels two days in a row, prompting the closure Wednesday. The NJDEP on Tuesday issued swimming advisories to five New Jersey beaches after tests showed high levels of  enterococci. Swimming advisories at the four other beaches were lifted. The sample taken at the Stockton Avenue beach o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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5 NJ Beaches Under Swimming Advisories After Fecal Bacteria Tests 5 NJ Beaches Under Swimming Advisories After Fecal Bacteria Tests
5 NJ Beaches Under Swimming Advisories After Fecal Bacteria Tests Swimming advisories were issued by the NJDEP for five New Jersey beaches after water samples showed high levels of fecal bacteria. The advisories were issued Tuesday afternoon to the following beaches: Brooklyn Avenue beach in Lavallette (Bay) Hancock Avenue beach in Seaside Heights (Bay) L Street beach in Belmar (River) South Bath Avenue beach in Long Branch (Ocean) Stockton Avenue beach in Long Beach Township (Bay) Beaches are placed under swimming advisories when samples exceed 104 colony forming units (cfu) of enterococci. The samples were taken on Monday.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Boil Water Advisory In Effect For 9 Central Jersey Towns Boil Water Advisory In Effect For 9 Central Jersey Towns
Boil Water Advisory In Effect For 9 Central Jersey Towns Pipe repairs to a water main leak put a boil water advisory in effect for nine towns across three New Jersey counties. New Jersey American Water said it will be distributing free bottled water for residents in Clark, Dunellen, Edison (northern sections), Green Brook, Linden, Middlesex, Piscataway, Roselle and South Plainfield. Bottles can be collected at: 495 Sidney Road, Piscataway from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. 4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. "New Jersey American Water is working to resolve the issue as quickly and safely as possible," the company said. "Thi…

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by Cecilia Levine