The Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Hillsborough County announced a "no swim" public health advisory yesterday for Bahia Beach and E.G. Simmons Conservation Park due to high levels of enteric bacteria. While swimming, wading and water recreation is off-limits, the beaches are still open. Enterococci, a bacteria that typically inhabits the intestinal tract of mammals, usually appears as a result of fecal matter from stormwater runoff, pets, wildlife and human sewage and is known to cause human disease, infections and rashes.
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Hillsborough County announced a "no swim" public health advisory yesterday for Bahia Beach and E.G. Simmons Conservation Park due to high levels of enteric bacteria. While swimming, wading and water recreation is off-limits, the beaches are still open. Enterococci, a bacteria that typically inhabits the intestinal tract of mammals, usually appears as a result of fecal matter from stormwater runoff, pets, wildlife and human sewage and is known to cause human disease, infections and rashes.