The Results are in! Bacteria levels on the South River for the Week of 5/26

The results are in!  Bacteria results that is and it is good news for all of the communities that participate in the South River Federation's Operation Clearwaterprogram.  All bacteria results were with safe limits.  Concern arises when bacteria levels are greater than 104 cfu/100 ml.  See chart for detailed results.

The South River Federation is a participant in Operation Clearwater, a bacteria testing program for community waterfront recreational areas on the South River that runs from May through Labor Day. The program provides waterfront communities on the South River with regular updates of the microbial water quality at their waterfront recreational areas. Operation Clearwater was started by the Severn River Association and is a collaborative effort with Dr. Sally Hornor, a Professor of Microbiology at Anne Arundel Community College, aimed at providing timely public health information to participating communities and helping to identify times when it may be inadvisable to swim.

Do you want the swimming waters in your community tested?  Click here for the South River application.

Note: The Anne Arundel County Health Department advises that after a rainfall, all Anne Arundel County beaches are under a no swimming/no direct water contact advisory for 48 hours due to predicted elevated bacteria levels from rainwater runoff and increased health risks.