By Connecticut Health Regulations, public town beaches are closed under the following two conditions: 1) Beaches are closed for 24 hours after 1 inch of rain. 2) Beaches are closed indefinitely if E.coli counts exceed 235 CFU's (Colony Forming Units). Note that any count under 235 is acceptable.

When town beaches are closed or counts are high, our beaches are "swim at your own risk" until retesting or the town beaches are reopened. Life guards will be instructed to inform people that water quality is poor and they will be swimming at their own risk.

E.coli Test Date: 2007 08 16

Results Received Date: 2007 08 17

Beach 1: 20
Beach 2: 1
Beach 3: 23
Beach 4: 166
Beach 6: 23
Lake Mohegan: not avail
Marsh: not avail
Stormdrain: not avail

Water Quality is directly related to the goose population on our lake which is increasing yearly. Please take precautionary methods of deterring geese and implement anti-goose methods on your favorite beach. Ecology Notice

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