Swimming Advisory At Windward Beach In Brick

BRICK, NJ — A swimming advisory is in place for Windward Beach in Brick after water tests showed high bacteria levels on Monday.

The state Department of Environmental Protection's bathing beach testing program showed a reading of 260 colonies of Enterococci bacteria per 100 milliliters of water for the sample taken from the Metedeconk River at Windward Beach on Monday.

The water quality standard for bathing beaches is 104 colonies per 100 milliliters, and a reading higher than that indicates the water may not be safe for swimming. Additional samples were taken Tuesday and retested. If the retest exceeds 104 colonies, the beach will be closed to swimming until further tests show the bacteria level has dropped sufficiently.

Click here to get Patch email notifications, or get Patch breaking news alerts sent right to your phone with our app. Download here. Have a news tip? Email karen.wall@patch.com Follow Brick Patch on Facebook.