By Paula Tracy, Dependhnh.org
Hampton – Hampton Beach State Park has again issued a reference to the presence of stool bacteria after it is on the list for at least 11 days in July. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/8d84a6b03acb4efaab571b22c78447b.
Jim Martin, spokesman for the State Department of Environmental Services, said that the state does not close a beach.
“We offer the owners/operators the information and publish them on our healthy swimming box,” said Martin on Friday.
The owner and operator is the state of New Hampshire and its department for parks.
Greg Keeler, spokesman for Parks, said: “If we cancel online in a Blue Advisory Banner online at the head of the respective park page on the respective park -as on the Hampton Beach State Park page:
https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/hampton-bach-state-park
“Physical communications are also published in the respective beach mobile.
“We will be aware of when the advice will be deleted and the online banner and the signs on the beach.
“On our website you will also find links on all Beach property pages where people at any time or before you visit one of our beaches to determine whether it is evidence.”
With regard to the reason why there is advice, Keeler said: “It is relatively unusual that Hampton has water advice, but this could be due to the relatively quiet weather pattern in which we are for a few weeks.”
The popular Ocean Beach, which is considered a flagship -state park -was previously on the consulting list in connection with faecal bacteria in the summer.
It was tested eight times in July and the health advice for faecal bacteria was issued from July 7th to 12th. 16. to July 18; 23 to July 25th and July 30th until today.
It is the only beach in the state with a current faecal advice for Friday afternoon.
After a Research & Policy Center report by Environment America Research & Policy Center, on June 25th https://envonmentamerica.org/center/resources/safe-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for, was released, which shows at least one day in 2024 in 2024.
According to the state, the report in New Hampshire shows 16 beaches, which were tested for at least 25 percent of the days tested in 2024 for at least 25 percent of the days.
The highest percentage was on Wallis Sands Beach on Wallis Road Testing, on which 33 percent of the test days could be identified as potentially unsafe. North Hampton State Park Beach followed with 27 percent of the days tested.
Hampton State Park Beach had 24 test days in 2024 and eight percent of these tests showed potential uncertain swimming conditions due to stool bacteria.
A complete breakdown of the beaches and percentages examined in the state are located in the report https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/safe-for-swimming/.
According to this report, New Hampshire is not alone.
Bundes across the country in 2024, 1,930 of 3,187 beaches tested nationwide experienced at least one day on which indicators for the contamination of faeces were potentially unsafe – ie exceeded, which exceeded the “protective value of the EPA” by EPA.
The Policy Center described the “a conservative, precious instrument that can make beach notification decisions”.
His research results showed that 453 beaches – around each of seven beaches were tested nationwide – had at least 25 percent of the days on which tests took place, possibly unsafe faecal pollution.
The states vary in how often and wide they test their beaches.
Health effects due to swimming in contaminated water can vary, the officials say.
The report indicates that it can cause gastrointestinal diseases as well as respiratory diseases, ear and eye infections as well as rash.
“Every year there are an estimated 57 million illnesses in the United States in the United States, which result from swimming in oceans, lakes, rivers and ponds. The vast majority of these diseases are not reported.”
Contaminated water can also trigger health warnings or closures that affect our ability to enjoy the beach. In 2024 there were more than 7,563 health warnings or closures on the beaches of the US coastal and Great Lakes, which affect every 15 swimming days, ”the report said.
The source of such faeces bacteria is not only feces of animals and wastewater overflows after a storm, as some may think.
Rainwater outflow, aging infrastructure, which contains bacteria, viruses and parasites, the discharge from failed private sizes and the development on the coastal lines, the report says.
“The spread also exacerbates the spread of sewage pits that can often expire and can pollute our above waters. From 1996 to 2016, the US coast areas added 4.2 million hectares of development, while they have lost 640,000 acres of Wetland and almost 10 million hectare forest,” says the report.
The report shows that the congress has taken a big step to reduce the threat of beach pollution by adopting the infrastructure investment and job law in 2021.
“The law not only delivers 11.7 billion US dollars for wastewater and rainwater projects, but also approves an additional 14.65 billion US dollars for this purpose. The EPA estimates the actual need for sewage infrastructure at least 630 billion US dollars”
It is recommended to improve the wastewater infrastructure, the construction of rain barrels, permeable sidewalk, urban green areas and green roofs that require the use of a green infrastructure in new development. and protection of the natural infrastructure such as bank areas and wetlands that filter pathogens.
The healthy box of the state also shows warnings and advice for cyanobacteria or blue green algae and tests both salt
This summer was particularly quiet in the Cyanobacteria warning and consulting list, at least compared to last summer. There are no current warnings, but on July 29, a cyanobacteria clock for Huntress Pond in Barrington will be released.