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The Department of Health and Hospitals urges all residents to follow the state’s general swimming advisory. A standard warning issued each year from the State Health Officer advises residents to “swim at your own risk” in public waterways.

Monitoring Site Most Recent
Sample Date		 Advisory
Status
Constance Beach 10/26/2009 Advisory
Cypremort State Park 10/26/2009 Advisory
Fontainebleau State Park 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Fourchon #1 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Fourchon #2 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Fourchon #3 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Grand Isle #1 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Grand Isle #2 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Grand Isle #3 10/27/2009 No Advisory
Gulf Breeze Beach 10/26/2009 Advisory
Holly Beach #1 10/26/2009 Advisory
Holly Beach #2 10/26/2009 Advisory
Holly Beach #3 10/26/2009 Advisory
Holly Beach #4 10/26/2009 Advisory
Holly Beach #5 10/26/2009 Advisory
Holly Beach #6 10/26/2009 Advisory
Little Florida Beach 10/26/2009 Advisory
Long Beach 10/26/2009 Advisory
Martin 10/26/2009 Advisory
North Beach 10/26/2009 Advisory
Rutherford 10/26/2009 Advisory
South Beach 10/26/2009 Advisory

The Louisiana Beach Monitoring Program monitors water quality from May 1 to October 31.  This website has been established to familiarize you with the Louisiana Beach Monitoring Program. (See Highlighted Facts for sampling frequency at each beach segment)
When data is available, access this URL for updates that will allow you to plan your water recreation activities for safety. The Louisiana Beach Monitoring Program is in compliance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act. The State of Louisiana reminds you that if you swim in water bodies in the state, you swim at your own risk.

The water at the beach looks clean, but find out first! Monitoring marine beach water quality by local health officials is necessary to warn citizens when there is a problem. The BEACH Act authorizes a national grant program to assist the state government in developing and implementing monitoring and public notification programs for coastal marine recreation waters. The Louisiana Beach Monitoring Program is 100% in federally funded. In addition to the general swimming advisory in place for Louisiana waters, EPA has developed performance criteria for monitoring, notification and public information databases.

These photos are from Fontainebleau, Cypremort and Grand Isle State Parks.

 



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