Update (August 20):
Update (August 16): The SCDHS continues to keep Tanner Park Beach closed to bathing due to elevated levels of bacteria. No other details were made available.
Update (August 14): The SCDHS continues to keep Tanner Park Beach closed to bathing due to elevated levels of bacteria. No other details were made available.
For the latest information on affected beaches, the SCDHS advises residents to call the Bathing Beach hotline at 631-852-5822, contact the Department's Office of Ecology at 631-852-5760 during normal business hours, or visit the website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/health and under Our Mission, Our Environment, click Beaches.
Patch will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
Update (): The SCDHS to keep Tanner Park Beach closed to bathing. No other details were made available.
Update (August 10): The SCDHS to keep Tanner Park Beach closed. No other details were made available.
Update (August 8, 4:30 p.m.): The SCDHS is continuing to keep Tanner Park Beach closed. No other details were made available.
For the latest information on affected beaches, the SCDHS advises residents to call the Bathing Beach hotline at 631-852-5822, contact the Department's Office of Ecology at 631-852-5760 during normal business hours, or visit the website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/health and under Our Mission, Our Environment, click Beaches.
Patch will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
Update (August 7, 10:30 a.m.): The SCDHS has to keep Tanner Park Beach closed into at least August 7. Patch will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
Tanner Park Beach has been closed by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services due to high bacterial levels in the waters surrounding the Copiague beach.
The SCDHS found high levels of the bacteria Enterococci on the last test day, August 4, and previously on August 2 at Tanner Park Beach.
The decision was made to close the beach on Monday morning following torrential downpours from passing thunderstorms on Sunday evening, which could lead to further contamination of local waters.
Enterococci is normally found within the intestines of the human body, and help to regulate the digestion process.
However, the bacteria could be harmful when it makes contact with other parts of the body, including the heart, urinary tract and open wounds. Symptoms from contact with the bacteria could range from urinary pain to flu-like symptoms.
Tanner Beach Park, a Town of Babylon beachfront, has not been officially closed by Suffolk County so far this season. The beach, however, faced in August due to similar bacterial problems.
All other Town and Village beaches are still open.
