10 NJ Beaches Unsafe

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New Jersey beaches continue to be plagued by problems with bacteria, particularly contamination from fecal matter. This week, 10 New Jersey beaches were found to have "unsafe levels," according to state officials.
The problems were initially discovered by Monday, with all 10 beaches exceeding the bacteria concentration limit of 104 colony-forming units (cfu) of Enterococci per 100 milliliters of water, according to the DEP.


Here are the beaches that were under advisory:

• Monmouth Beach, Pavilion Beach, 160 cfu
• Somers Point, New Jersey Avenue, 105 cfu
• North Wildwood, 2nd and JFK, 120 cfu
• North Wildwood, 10th and JFK, 116 cfu
• Wildwood, Montgomery Avenue, 110 cfu

Beaches that are not open that exceeded the limits were:

• Middletown, Thompson Avenue, 160 cfu
• Highlands, Community Center Beach, 670 cfu
• Ocean Gate, Wildwood Avenue, 300 cfu
• Ocean Gate, Angelsea Avenue, 300 cfu
• Upper Township, Beesley's Point, 120 cfu

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