Carteret County residents are being warned against swimming in certain sites for now.Per Morehead City Officials Advisories ...

Birds are a major contributor to the elevated levels of enterococci bacteria after heavy rains or extreme tides that force ...

A short-term swimming advisory has been issued by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) for Edisto ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) - Two Bogue Sound sites in Morehead City are under a swimming advisory for water quality. Marine ...

The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announces that the Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program, which ...

Water advisories are issued when levels of Enterococci, a bacteria commonly found in the intestines of humans and animals, surpasses 104 colony forming units per 100 milliliters. Each beach was ...

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.

On Monday, each of the six beaches had levels of Enterococci, a bacteria common in the intestines of humans and animals, that exceeded the state's safe swimming standard. Retesting by health ...

Health officials say that bacteria levels at five local beaches meet the state's water quality standards after swimming ...

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 ...