The City of Cape Town recently announced that its most popular beaches achieved world-class water quality test results. However, Robertson disputes this claim. He noticed troubling signs during a ...

Late last week, Cohasset's Board of Health closed Sandy Beach due to the high presence of bacteria in its water. An immediate effort was made on the part of the health department to get the beach back ...

KAILUA-KONA — The Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water Branch issued a beach advisory for Kona Coast Beach Park Tuesday, citing elevated levels of enterococci bacteria in the water. ADVERTISING ...

Enterococcus faecalis is a species of bacteria that is naturally found in the intestines. While it tends to be harmless in that environment, it has the potential to cause a serious infection if it ...

As temperatures soar and people flock to the water for relief, one of the region’s most popular spots is being called unsafe for swimming. Island Health has issued an advisory for Willows Beach, and ...

A 100 ml water sample from Willows Beach, at the foot of Estevan Avenue from Tuesday recorded an enterococci bacteria count of 125. Another sample taken on the same day on the east side of Gyro Park ...

Samples of seawater at some of Bermuda’s most popular beaches showed lower levels of bacteria this year than in the same period in 2019, it was revealed yesterday. The Ministry of Health said it was ...