Swimming not recommended at 9 Windsor-Essex beaches
Swimming is not recommended at nine local beaches at the moment, but none of them will be formally closed for the weekend.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit released its weekly beach testing results on Thursday.
The latest results were gathered on June 30 — a day earlier than usual because of the Canada Day holiday.
Nine of 10 local beaches showed bacterial E. coli counts higher than 100, which health officials say is a possible health risk. That's why swimming is not recommended.
The beaches with bacterial counts higher than 100 in the June 30 samples were:
- Cedar Beach (315)
- Cedar Island Beach (721)
- Colchester Beach (318)
- Hillman Marsh Beach (274)
- Holiday Beach (104)
- Mettawas Beach (594)
- Sandpoint Beach (800)
- Seacliff Beach (299)
- West Belle River Beach (327)
When the health unit testing samples return a count of 1,000 or higher, a beach is closed.
When the count is below 100, it is considered to be a low health risk for swimmers.
