September 27, 2006 Beach Water Quality Advisory Lifted At Cypremort Point

BATON ROUGE, Sep 27, 2006 - The swim advisory issued for the water at Cypremort Point on Friday, Sept. 22 has been lifted. The advisory was issued because high levels of potentially unsafe bacteria were found in the water. However, additional sampling during the past few days shows the water is now acceptable for swimming.

Cypremort Point was never closed as a result of this advisory because conditions were acceptable for land-based or boating and fishing activities.

The Louisiana BEACH Monitoring Program is a partnership between the Department of Health and Hospitals, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Office of State Parks. The program monitors bacteria levels of water at three locations throughout the state from April through October.

For more information on the program or to check the status of monitoring at the different locations, please visit www.oph.dhh.louisiana.gov.

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