Study: New York beach water quality drops
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | A sign at the entrance to Crescent Beach in Glen Cove cautions bathers about unacceptably high bacteria levels. (May 30, 2012)
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Water at Long Island beaches had increased bacteria counts in 2011 and the state as a whole dropped five spots in a nationwide ranking of beach-water cleanliness, a new report concluded Wednesday.
Stormwater runoff and sewage spills dirtied water at coastal and Great Lakes beaches in New York, which ranked 24 out of 30 states in the "Testing the Waters" report issued by the environmental advocacy...
