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High Bacteria Closes Pair Of NJ State Parks' Swimming Beaches High Bacteria Closes Pair Of NJ State Parks' Swimming Beaches
High Bacteria Closes Pair Of NJ State Parks' Swimming Beaches Poor water quality has led to the closure of two state parks' swimming beaches, officials said. High levels of bacteria were detected in the water, state Department of Environmental Protection officials said. Swimmers are not allowed in the water at Round Valley Recreation Area in Lebanon, Hunterdon County, and Lake Nummy in Belleplain State Forest, which spans Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties, DEP spokesman Larry Hajna said on Monday, Aug. 29.

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Environmentalists Seeing Red After Dye Dumped Into Waterway Taints South Jersey Creek Environmentalists Seeing Red After Dye Dumped Into Waterway Taints South Jersey Creek
Environmentalists Seeing Red After Dye Dumped Into Waterway Taints South Jersey Creek Environmental activists were seeing red after a South Jersey company improperly disposed of red dye, tainting a local creek (scroll for photos). TopTop Packaging was responsible for dumping the dye into the waste water system that turned the Pennsauken Creek bright red Tuesday, Aug. 2, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said. "The discoloration was caused by a discharge of food-grade dye from the TopPop Packaging Co. in Evesham that went to the Evesham MUA Woodstream Wastewater Treatment Plant, which discharges to the creek system," NJDEP spokesman Larry Hajna said. The…

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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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