Test results for the week of June 19 indicate that three public beaches are posted as unsafe for swimming.
Beaches are posted as unsafe for swimming when elevated levels of E. coli exceed the provincial standard of 200 E. coli per 100 ml of water.
Durham Health has reminded residents that Kinsmen Beach (Palmer Park) has a blue-green algae advisory. While the beach is listed as open, people can protect themselves and their pets from blue-green algae blooms by not swimming or playing in areas where water is discoloured or where foam, scum, or mats of algae on the water’s surface are present. Consuming fish from areas where mats of algae are present is also not advised, it said.
