Swimming advisory: Sound-side site in Dare County
MOREHEAD CITY – An advisory against swimming was posted today at a sound-side site in Dare County, where state officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality standards.
The advisory affects waters at Jockey’s Ridge sound-side access in Nags Head, where test results taken on May 15 indicate levels that exceed the state and federal action levels of 104 enterococci per 100 milliliters of water for Tier 1 high usage sites. Swimming areas are classified based on recreational use and are referred to as tiers.




























