Lanabean
Yoginis
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Lana
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Does anyone know what beaches will be closed due to bacteria?
They're saying "many along N and S shores" but
aren't mentioning which!
Mainly, I want to know about Short Beach and Moses.
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MrsPorkChop
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Missy
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Re: Does anyone know what beaches will be closed due to bacteria?
Dozens of LI beaches closed
BY WIL CRUZ
Newsday Staff Writer
July 13, 2006, 2:25 PM EDT
In response to the heavy rainfall Wednesday night, Nassau and Suffolk health departments warned that dozens of beaches will be affected or closed heading into the weekend.
In Nassau, 23 beaches, including all of the beaches on the North Shore, will be closed effective immediately. On the South Shore, the following beaches will be closed: Biltmore Beach Club Beach; Hewlett Point Beach; Island Park Beach; Merrick Estates Civic Association Beach; and Phillip Healey Beach.
Nassau's Department of Health, in a press released issued Thursday, said the "storm water runoff can have a negative impact by elevating bacteria levels that are used to assess bathing water quality."
It was not immediately clear when the beaches would open again. The department said individuals can call 516-571-3680 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. for more information.
In Suffolk, the county's Department of Health issued an advisory against bathing or water contact at 47 beaches.
Citing the same bacterial concerns, the department said that beaches should be avoided until "the waters have flushed by two successive tidal cycles," which are 24-hour periods after the end of rainfall.
Beaches along the northern shoreline of Great South Bay, within and adjacent to various north shore embayments -- Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington Harbor and Bay, Centerport Harbor, Northport Harbor and Bay, Stony Brook Harbor, Port Jefferson Harbor, and Mt. Sinai Harbor -- as well as those Long Island Sound that were impacted by nearby storm water discharges are affected by the advisory.
Some beaches off the Sound are not fall under the warning, as well as beaches along the Atlantic Ocean, such as the Peconic Estuary.
Valley Grove Beach, meanwhile, remains closed, the department said.
Advisories will remain in effect based on water samples collected by the department's office of ecology. They will be lifted on a beach by beach basis.
For more information, the department offered these numbers: department of ecology at 631-852-5760 or the Beach Hotline at 631-852-5822.
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Marcie
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LOVE being a Mommy!
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Re: Does anyone know what beaches will be closed due to bacteria?
Closed Nassau Beaches as of 7/13/06
Closed Nassau Beaches as of 7/13/06:
Bar Beach
Biltmore Beach Club
Centre Island Bay
Centre Island Sound
Creek Club
Crescent Beach
Hempstead Harbor Beach
Hewlett Point Beach
Island Park Beach
Lattingtown Beach
Laurel Hollow Beach
Merrick Estates Civic Association Beach
Morgan Sound
Phillip Healey Beach
Piping Rock Beach Club
Pyrbil Beach
Ransom Beach
Roosevelt Beach
Sea Cliff Village Beach
Soundside Beach
Stehli Beach
Tappen Beach
West Harbor Beach
Closed Suffolk Beaches as of 7/13/06:
Valley Grove Beach
Suffolk Beaches with Swimming Advisories as of 7/13/06:
Amityville Beach
Asharoken Beach
Bay Hills Property Owner's Association
Baycrest Beach
Bayport Beach
Beech Road Beach
Benjamin's Beach
Broadway Beach
Brightwaters Village Beach
Cedar Beach West
Centerport Beach
Centerport Yacht Club
Cold Spring Harbor Beach
Corey Creek Beach
Crab Meadow Beach
Eagle Dock Community Beach
Fleets Cove Beach
Gold Star Battalion Beach
Head Of The Bay Club
Hobart Beach
Huntington Beach Community Association
Islip Town Beach
Knollwood Beach
Lloyd Harbor Village Park
Miller Place Park
Nathan Hale Beach Club
Port Jefferson Village Beach East
Port Jefferson Village Beach West
Poquott Beach
Prices Bend Beach
Sandspit Beach
Sayville Beach
Sayville Marina Park
Scotts Beach
Shirley Beach
Shoreham Shore Club
Shoreham Village Beach
Sound Beach
Steers Beach
Stony Brook Beach
Stony Brook Yacht Club
Tides Beach
Vanderbilt Camp Beach
West Islip Beach
West Oaks Recreation Club
Wincoma Beach
Woodhull Landing Beach
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lorich
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Grammie says "Lora Gina"
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Re: Does anyone know what beaches will be closed due to bacteria?
...my family is coming down from Upstate to spend the weekend on the beaches... YIKES!
ETA: Thanks for this post Lana and for those who posted the info!
Message edited 7/14/2006 9:37:24 AM.
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Karen
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Karen
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Re: Does anyone know what beaches will be closed due to bacteria?
it seems like the Babylon-area ones are okay. but if Amityville beach is closed, why are the others open????
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