9 New Hampshire Beaches, Water Bodies Have Fecal, Cyanobacteria Alerts

CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services updated its latest beach and body water inspections and noted nine active advisories and warnings Thursday.

Four beaches have current fecal bacteria advisories: Pawtuckaway State Park Beach on Pawtuckaway Lake in Nottingham; Corcoran's Pond Beach on Corcoran's Pond in Waterville Valley; Kingston State Park Beach on Great Pond in Kingston; and Chase Beach on Post Pond in Lyme.

Active cyanobacteria alerts include the Deering Reservoir and Cobbetts Pond in Windham.

Current cyanobacteria warnings and advisories include Province Lake in Effingham and Wakefield; Mascoma Lake in Enfield and Lebanon; and Tucker Pond in Salisbury.

The state said cyanobacteria toxins can cause both acute and chronic health effects that vary in severity — including skin and mucous membranes irritation, tingling, numbness, nausea, vomiting, seizures, diarrhea, and liver and central nervous system damage.

For more information, visit the department’s website and the healthy swimming mapper linked here.

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