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Little Neck Bay- Eastern embayment

Physical/Chemical Data

Physical, chemical and biological properties of the surface water that are measured continuously while the patrol boat is underway.

Entero Count (fecal indicator) and Rainfall

30 Samples taken

Sample Date [i] Enterococcus Count

Entero Count

Enterococcus (“Entero”) is a fecal indicating bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. It is the EPA preferred indicator for sewage contamination.

Quality Rain, day of (in) Prior Day 2 Days Prior 3 Days Prior Rain 4 Days Total Rain
Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort Sort
10/25/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6
09/13/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
08/08/2019 20 Acceptable 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
07/19/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.8
06/27/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
05/22/2019 <10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10/09/2018 52 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
09/19/2018 5938 Beach Advisory 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
09/14/2018 132 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3
08/17/2018 <10 Acceptable 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2
07/31/2018 10 Acceptable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
07/26/2018 41 Acceptable 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.9
06/26/2018 119 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
06/25/2018 86 Beach Advisory 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1