An Outer Banks area popular with surfers has been added to the list of sites state water quality officials have put under a precautionary swimming advisory.
An advisory against swimming was posted today (Sept. 18) at an ocean-side site in Dare County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the ...
Signs will be posted in the affected areas. The Virginia Department of Health measures public waters regularly for enterococci bacteria during the warmer months. Enterococci bacteria are a group ...