3 State Parks In CT Closed For Swimming Saturday

CONNECTICUT — A total of three state parks in Connecticut are closed to swimming as of Saturday afternoon.

Gay City State Park swim area is closed for swimming and will be retested on Tuesday, July 20 with results on Wednesday, July 21. Mashamoquet swimming area is closed for ongoing maintenance and Indian Well State Park is closed due to storm damage.

The parks below are the swimming areas and beaches that the DEEP tests. Samples are collected weekly by DEEP staff and are analyzed at the Department of Public Health Lab for the presence of certain indicator bacteria.

* Local health departments are responsible for sampling municipal beaches and swimming areas. For information on closures of local swimming areas contact the local public health agency.

*Indicator bacteria are not disease-causing pathogens but are one of the tools used by public health and environmental protection authorities to evaluate the potential for contamination of waterbodies.