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Board
Of Health
Town
Hall
600 Chief Justice Cushing Highway
Scituate, MA 02066
Telephone:
781-545-8725
with answering machine
Telephone:
781-545-8706
with answering machine
Fax: 781-545-8704
Scituate
Beach Water Testing Results:
Beach testing results will be posted to the News & Notices area of the Town of Scituate Home page.
Under
MDPH regulations for beaches guidelines, beach operators
must test all public ocean beaches for bacteria each
week, using the enterococcus indicator organism.
Under that guideline beach sampling will be weekly
durning the swim season, June until Labor Day. Single-sample
test results cannot exceed a specified number of
bacteria colonies per 100/ml sample. If they do,
the beach must be closed to swimming. The maximum
contamination is 104 Enterococci/100 ml. for ocean
waters. There are 5 beaches that we test: Humarock,
Peggotty Beach, Sand Hills, Egypt Beach, and Minot.
Maximum
Contamination Level: 104 (would result in beach closing)
Method
of Reference: EPA 1600
| Scituate Beaches - Levels by Week 2010 Swim Season |
| |
6/22 |
6/28 |
7/6 |
7/14 |
7/20 |
7/27 |
8/3 |
8/10 |
8/12 |
8/16 |
8/17 |
8/24 |
8/31 |
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| Humarock |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
31 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
85 |
|
|
10 |
86 |
<10 |
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| Peggotty Beach |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
20 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
121 |
388 |
10 |
41 |
75 |
20 |
|
|
| Lighthouse |
<10 |
<10 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
31 |
<10 |
86 |
|
|
31 |
52 |
20 |
|
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| Sand Hills |
<10 |
<10 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
84 |
<10 |
10 |
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30 |
<10 |
<10 |
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| Egypt Beach |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
74 |
|
|
41 |
31 |
<10 |
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| Minot |
<10 |
<10 |
20 |
10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
85 |
|
|
<10 |
74 |
86 |
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Historic Data
| Scituate Beaches - Levels by Week 2009 Swim Season |
| |
6/16 |
6/23 |
6/30 |
7/7 |
7/14 |
7/21 |
7/28 |
8/4 |
8/12 |
8/18 |
8/19 |
8/25 |
9/1 |
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| Humarock |
<10 |
20 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
63 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
20 |
|
20 |
270 |
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| Peggotty Beach |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
30 |
10 |
<10 |
31 |
41 |
|
30 |
210 |
|
|
| Lighthouse |
<10 |
50 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
31 |
<10 |
63 |
20 |
146 |
<10 |
30 |
<10 |
|
|
| Sand Hills |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
86 |
10 |
10 |
<10 |
30 |
|
52 |
300 |
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| Egypt Beach |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
63 |
<10 |
20 |
<10 |
31 |
|
31 |
190 |
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| Minot |
<10 |
10 |
<10 |
<10 |
<10 |
41 |
10 |
20 |
<10 |
30 |
|
20 |
180 |
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| Scituate Beaches - Levels by Week 2008 Swim Season |
| |
6/17 |
6/25 |
7/1 |
7/8 |
7/15 |
7/23 |
7/29 |
8/6 |
8/12 |
8/19 |
8/26 |
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| Humarock |
<2 |
<2 |
4 |
<2 |
<2 |
20 |
20 |
27 |
12 |
12 |
2 |
|
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| Peggotty Beach |
<2 |
<2 |
<2 |
<2 |
<2 |
8 |
22 |
38 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
|
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| Lighthouse |
2 |
<2 |
17 |
<2 |
4 |
20 |
17 |
33 |
<2 |
6 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| Sand Hills |
4 |
2 |
14 |
<2 |
<2 |
17 |
14 |
37 |
17 |
6 |
* |
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| Egypt Beach |
8 |
<2 |
8 |
<2 |
4 |
13 |
33 |
12 |
<2 |
4 |
4 |
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| Minot |
97 |
<2 |
17 |
<2 |
2 |
12 |
23 |
15 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
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| * - sample spilled in transit, no results |
| Scituate Beaches - Levels by Week 2007 Swim Season |
| |
6/19 |
6/26 |
7/5 |
7/10 |
7/17 |
7/24 |
7/31 |
8/8 |
8/15 |
8/21 |
8/28 |
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| Humarock |
8 |
2 |
<2 |
6 |
<2 |
<2 |
4 |
45 |
<2 |
<2 |
38 |
|
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| Peggotty Beach |
<2 |
<2 |
<2 |
2 |
<2 |
6 |
4 |
84 |
<2 |
<2 |
43 |
|
|
|
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| Lighthouse |
2 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
<2 |
2 |
4 |
35 |
27 |
2 |
17 |
|
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| Sand Hills |
39 |
<2 |
7 |
38 |
<2 |
2 |
54 |
25 |
42 |
2 |
10 |
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| Egypt Beach |
<2 |
10 |
<2 |
12 |
8 |
<2 |
69 |
2 |
2 |
<2 |
4 |
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| Minot |
12 |
<2 |
<2 |
8 |
10 |
<2 |
48 |
27 |
82 |
<2 |
14 |
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| Scituate Beaches - Levels by Week 2006 Swim Season |
| |
6/20 |
6/27 |
7/5 |
|
7/11 |
7/18 |
7/25 |
8/1 |
8/8 |
8/15 |
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| Humarock |
<2 |
74 |
2 |
|
8 |
|
<2 |
2 |
8 |
<2 |
|
|
|
|
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| Peggotty Beach |
<2 |
38 |
8 |
|
2 |
|
<2 |
<2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
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| Sand Hills |
<2 |
2 |
2 |
|
23 |
|
<2 |
<2 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
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| Egypt Beach |
<2 |
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
|
<2 |
<2 |
2 |
<2 |
|
|
|
|
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| Minot |
<2 |
2 |
<2 |
|
23 |
|
<2 |
<2 |
27 |
45 |
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| Scituate Beaches - Levels by Week 2005 Swim Season |
| |
6/14 |
6/21 |
6/30 |
7/5 |
7/7 |
7/12 |
7/19 |
7/20 |
7/26 |
8/2 |
8/9 |
8/16 |
8/17 |
8/23 |
8/30 |
| Humarock |
2 |
6 |
<2 |
2 |
|
<2 |
115 |
12 |
12 |
<2 |
8 |
134 |
<2 |
4 |
<2 |
| Peggotty Beach |
12 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
38 |
|
8 |
<2 |
<2 |
53 |
|
15 |
41 |
| Sand Hills |
26 |
6 |
<2 |
200 |
72 |
2 |
34 |
|
36 |
<2 |
<2 |
75 |
|
2 |
18 |
| Egypt Beach |
<2 |
<2 |
<2 |
139 |
10 |
<2 |
54 |
|
<2 |
2 |
10 |
26 |
|
4 |
2 |
| Minot |
<2 |
12 |
<2 |
<2 |
|
<2 |
12 |
|
4 |
10 |
2 |
15 |
|
2 |
39 |
| Scituate
Beaches - Levels by Week 2004 Swim Season |
| |
6/21 |
6/29 |
7/6 |
7/13
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7/21
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7/29
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8/3
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8/10
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8/18 |
8/24 |
8/31
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|
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| Humarock |
<2 |
<2
|
<2
|
10
|
25
|
2
|
<5
|
7
|
<2 |
4
|
<2
|
|
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| Peggotty Beach |
<2 |
44
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
28
|
26
|
<2
|
10 |
4
|
12
|
|
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| Sand Hills |
<2 |
<2
|
<2
|
<2
|
66 |
74
|
14
|
<2
|
26 |
12
|
46
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| Egypt Beach |
<2 |
8
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
<2
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<2
|
<2
|
<2 |
2
|
5
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| Minot |
<2 |
8
|
6
|
6
|
58
|
<2
|
44
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<2
|
<2 |
2 |
74 |
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| Scituate
Beaches - Levels by Week 2003 Swim Season |
| |
6/17 |
6/25
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6/26
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7/2
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7/8
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7/15
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7/23*
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7/29
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8/5 |
8/11
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8/14
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8/18
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8/25 |
| Humarock |
18 |
410
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34
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8
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4
|
36
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20
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10
|
5 |
4
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2
|
6 |
| Peggotty Beach |
22 |
22
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2
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2
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30
|
6
|
28
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55 |
284
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22
|
26
|
8 |
| Sand Hills |
77 |
28
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18
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4
|
8
|
16
|
10
|
15 |
8
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20
|
59 |
| Egypt Beach |
46 |
2
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<2
|
56
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12
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6
|
24
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10 |
20
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23
|
20 |
| Minot |
46 |
<2
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2
|
2
|
2
|
18
|
50
|
5 |
92 |
|
14
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21 |
*Samples were not taken Tuesday 7/22 due to lightning
and storm conditions. Results of samples taken 7/23 were
received late 7/24
For
More information:
US
Environmental Protection Agencies Beaches web
site. Includes information on Beaches Environmental
Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 and more.
Center
for Disease Control (CDC) Healthy Swimming Web
Site
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