FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 28, 2006
Swimming advisory lifted for Hilton Head Island beach
BEAUFORT – The swimming advisory issued for sections of Hilton Head Island beach, 200 feet north and south of the beach access at the end of Starfish Drive off Folly Field Road; 200 feet north and south of the beach access at the end of Atlantic Pointe off North Sea Pines Drive; and 200 feet north and south of the beach access at Tower Beach off South Sea Pines Drive has been lifted, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
Test results from samples collected on Sept. 27, were within acceptable limits. DHEC inspectors sample ocean water twice a month from May through October.
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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