Water Quality & Swimming

Post date: Mar 14, 2017 12:43:58 PM

PortCityDaily.com published an article, State advises you to check the water before taking that swim

"...most of the 43 advisories and alerts came during August and September"

"Though none of the state’s 24 swimming alerts and advisories in 2016 were in New Hanover county, 13 of 58 – or 22 percent of the total — were in the county in 2015, including Banks Channel, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach...Affected locations included Banks Channel, Ocean Pier at K Avenue, Kure Beach and Ocean Pier at Salisbury Street."

See the article for much more detail.

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NRDC = Natural Resource Defense Council

• • Water Pollution

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