Sydney’s Beaches Offer Good Clean Fun … Or Do They?
Sydney is famous for having some of the best beaches in the world, but how clean are they? According to The Sunday Telegraph, many don’t make the grade.
103 swimming spots around the state consistently satisfied state guidelines for acceptable levels of faecal coliform and enterococci bacteria. Enterococci bacteria can cause meningitis and urinary-tract infections.
But of the 96 beaches and swimming areas tested in Sydney, only 71 consistently met the guidelines. Shelly Beach in Manly passed only 79% of the enterococci tests, and less than 90% of the tests for faecal coliform. The nearby Narrabeen Lagoon and Malabar in Sydney’s eastern suburbs …read more
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