WATER QUALITY REPORT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT

DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY &
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127

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STATE SWIMMING AREA WATER QUALITY REPORT:

June 7, 2016

Several Inland State Park Beaches Closed as a Result of Elevated

Bacteria Levels From Stormwater Runoff from Sundays Heavy Rains
The parks below are the swimming areas and beaches that the DEEP tests. Samples are collected weekly by
DEEP staff and are analyzed at the Department of Public Health Lab for the presence of certain indicator
bacteria.* Local health departments are responsible for sampling municipal beaches and swimming areas. For
information on closures of local swimming areas contact the local public health agency.
DEP STATE PARKS AND FORESTS

LOCATION

STATUS

SHORELINE
Hammonasset Beach State Park

Madison

Rocky Neck S.P.

Niantic

Sherwood Island S.P.

Westport

Silver Sands S.P.

Milford

OPEN

OPEN
OPEN

OPEN

LAKES AND PONDS

Black Rock S.P.

Watertown

OPEN

Burr Pond S.P.

Torrington

OPEN

Chatfield Hollow S.P.

Killingworth

Day Pond S.P.

Colchester

Gay City S.P.

Hebron

Hopeville Pond S.P.

Griswold

Indian Well S.P.

Shelton

Kettletown S.P.

Southbury

Lake Waramaug S.P.

Kent

Mashamoquet Brook S.P.

Pomfret

Mount Tom S.P.

Litchfield

Pachaug State Forest

Voluntown

Quaddick S.P.

Thompson

Squantz Pond S.P.

New Fairfield

CLOSED being resampled today

OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
CLOSED being resampled today
CLOSED being resampled today
OPEN

OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN

Stratton Brook S.P.

Simsbury

OPEN

Wadsworth Falls S.P.

Middlefield

CLOSED being resampled today

Wharton Brook S.P.

Wallingford

CLOSED being resampled today

*Indicator bacteria are not disease causing pathogens, but are one of the tools used by public health and environmental protection authorities to
evaluate the potential for contamination of waterbodies.