Because of the increased levels of germs that were brought about by the heavy rain that occurred on Thursday, some beaches along the shoreline were temporarily closed.
Rainfall, according to experts in charge of public health, caused an increase in runoff and contamination in coastal waters. Because of this, the closures were implemented as a preventative step to safeguard the health of the general population.
The following beaches in West Haven were closed to fishing and swimming due to safety concerns:
- Oak Street A
- Oak Street B
- Morse Avenue
- South Street
- Lake Street
- Seaview Avenue
- Dawson Avenue
- Sea Bluff
All of these beaches, with the exception of Lake Street, have been operating again since then.
Esker Point Beach was closed on the town side, according to officials in Groton; however, Eastern Point Beach was open on the city side of the beach.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has stated that it conducts routine water quality assessments at beaches located inside the state territory.
Silver Sands State Park in Milford and Sherwood Island State Park in Westport were both shut down owing to hazardous levels of bacteria, as stated in the most recent report that was released by the organization.
After some time, Silver Sands has reopened its doors to swimmers.
DEEP, on the other hand, stated that it is continuing to monitor water samples and that it would reopen the beaches once it was determined that the circumstances were safe. The company informed Channel 3 that it had conducted water tests in Milford and Westport on Thursday morning and that it will do additional tests in the afternoon.
According to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEEP), the water at state park beaches is tested once a week to check for the presence of microorganisms. In situations where it is dealing with a closure like this one, it retests more frequently.
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“We were looking forward to going to the beach today and I was looking forward to swimming because I love swimming, but when they told me I couldn’t swim, I was a little disappointed,” Piper Mello from Bridgeport stated.
The state parks themselves were still open, according to the report as well. If there was anything that was off bounds, it was the water.
The impacted regions should not be used for swimming or fishing until further notice, as residents and visitors were asked to refrain from doing so.
