Suffolk County warns about water at 67 beaches

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The Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued an advisory against bathing at 67 beaches on Friday.

The advisory is based on the potential that bacteria after heavy rains.

The beaches covered by the advisory are located in areas that are heavily influenced by stormwater runoff.

Unless sampling finds elevated bacterial numbers persisting beyond 24-hours, this advisory will be lifted at 6 a.m. Sunday, August 12, 2012.

Tanner Park Beach in Copiague and Peconic Dunes Camp Beach on Great Pond in Peconic remain closed to bathing.

For the latest information on affected beaches, call the Bathing Beach HOTLINE at 852-5822, contact the Department's Office of Ecology at 852-5760 during normal business hours, or visit the website link: http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/health.

Here are a list of the affected beaches:

Amityville Village Beach

Copiague Harbor (Great South Bay) POA

Venetian Shores BeachB

ayberry Cove Beach

Bayview Beach

Beech Road Beach (NSBA)

Broadway Beach (NSBA)

Corey Beach

Friendship Drive Beach (NSBA)

Grantland Beach

Holiday Beach

Indian Field Beach

Little Bay Beach

Miller Place Park Beach

Patchogue Village Pool & Beach

Scotts Beach

Shirley Beach

Shoreham Beach

Shoreham Village Beach

Sound Beach POA West

Soundview Beach Association Beach

Stony Brook Beach

Stony Brook Yacht Club Beach

Terraces on the Sound

Tides Beach

Woodhull Landing POA Beach

Havens Beach

Asharoken Beach

Bay Hills Beach Association

Baycrest Association Beach

Centerport Beach

Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club Beach

Crab Meadow Beach

Crescent Beach

Eagle Dock Community Beach

Fleets Cove Beach

Gold Star Battalion Park Beach

Head of the Bay Club Beach

Hobart Beach

Huntington Beach Community Association Beach

Knollwood Beach Association Beach

Lloyd Harbor Village Park Beach

Lloyd Neck Bath Club Beach

Nathan Hale Beach Club Beach

Prices Bend Beach

Steers Beach

Valley Grove Beach

West Neck Beach

Wincoma Association Beach

Bayberry Beach & Tennis Club Beach

Bayport Beach

Benjamins Beach

Brightwater Village Beach

East Islip Beach

Islip Beach

Lake Ronkonkoma - Islip Town Beach

Sayville Beach

Sayville Marina Park Beach

West Islip Beach

West Oaks Recreation Club Beach

Callahans BeachLong Beach

Nissequogue Point Beach

Schubert Beach

Short Beach

Due to heavy rainfall, the Nassau County Department of Health has closed the following 19 beaches to bathing as a precautionary measure. Storm water runoff can have a negative impact by elevating bacterial levels and affecting bathing water quality.

14 Nassau County North Shore Beaches

Centre Island Sound

Creek Club

Lattingtown Beach

Laurel Hollow Beach

Morgan Sound

North Hempstead Beach Park

Piping Rock Beach Club

Prybil Beach

Ransom Beach

Roosevelt Beach

Sea Cliff Village Beach

Soundside Beach

Stehli Beach

Tappen Beach

and

5 Nassau County South Shore Beaches:

Biltmore Beach Club

Hewlett Point Beach

Island Park Beach

Merrick Estates Civic Association

Philip Healey Beach

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