FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 15, 2006
Swimming advisory lifted for Fripp Island
BEAUFORT – The swimming advisory issued for a section of Fripp Island beach located 200 feet North and South of the beach access at John Fripp Villas on Silverside Road has been lifted, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
DHEC inspectors sample ocean water twice a month from May through October. The most recent test results were within acceptable limits.
For more information about beach water quality, see www.earth911.org, or call DHEC’s Region 8 Environmental Quality Control office at (843) 846-1030.
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For more information:
Dave Payne – (843) 846-1030
E-mail – paynedc@dhec.sc.gov
or
Adam Myrick – (803) 898-3884
E-mail – myrickar@dhec.sc.gov
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