47 Jersey Shore beaches face possible closure

TRENTON -?Last weekend's heavy rains have put?a lot more than three dozen beaches near closing.

Daily testing on the water under control, ocean, and river beaches go back with elevated bacteria levels all down the Jersey Shore. The second similar test result will force beaches to remain closed.

Samples producing enterococcus volume exceeding the state of hawaii standard of 104 colonies per 100 milliliters trigger a swim advisory and a second number of tests. Closures are enacted when two consecutive samples register levels exceeding state standards, by order from the Department of Environmental Protection.

New Jersey, through its Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program, has among the list of nation’s most rigorous water monitoring programs, and beach advisories and closings are rare, according to the DEP.

Enterococcus is really a bacteria within human and animal waste. Their state standard is a borderline from which extended exposure presents threat.

The beaches scoring greater than acceptable levels are:

ATLANTIC COUNTY

Atlantic City

• Albany Ave. oceanfront (ocean)
• Bartram (ocean)
• Chelsea (ocean)
• Dover Ave. (ocean)
• Illinois (ocean)
• Kentucky (ocean)
• Michigan (ocean)
• Missouri (ocean)
• Texas (ocean)

Margate City

• Clermont Ave. (ocean)
• Gladstone Ave. (ocean)
• Osborne (ocean)

Ventnor City

• Austin Ave. (ocean)
• Dorset (ocean)
• New Haven (ocean)
• Washington (ocean)

CAPE MAY COUNTY

Cape May City

• Grant (ocean)
• Philadelphia (ocean)
• Queen North (ocean)

Lower Township

• Richmond Ave. (ocean)

Wildwood City

• Bennett (ocean)
• Montgomery (ocean)

Wildwood Crest Borough

• Forgetmenot (ocean)
• Hollywood (ocean)
• Jefferson (ocean)
• Lavendar (ocean)
• Miami (ocean)
• Orchid (ocean)

MONMOUTH COUNTY

Deal Borough

• Deal Casino (ocean)
• Hathaway Ave. (ocean)
• Loch Arbour Village (ocean)
• Philips Ave. (ocean)
• Village Beach Club (ocean)

Long Branch City

• Atlantic Ave. (ocean)
• Elberon Beach Club (ocean)
• Joline (ocean)
• North Bath (ocean)
• Ocean Beach Club (ocean)
• South Bath (ocean)

Neptune Township

• Broadway (ocean)

Sea Girt Borough

• ?Neptune Pl. (ocean)

Spring Lake Borough

• Brown Ave. S (ocean)
• York Ave. (ocean)

OCEAN COUNTY

Brick Township

• Windward Beach (ocean)

Pine Beach Borough

• East Beach Station Ave. (river)

Point Pleasant Beach Borough

• Maryland (ocean)

Seaside Park Borough

• 5th Ave. Bay Front (bay)

Toms River Township

• Shelter Cove (bay)

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