New sea water tests held at north Down beaches
Swimmers enter the sea at Donaghadee harbour on Friday afternoon minutes after a council official removed a warning sign
As a precaution, Ballyholme which was close to the threshold, will have further testing done later on Friday.An official from Ards and North Down Council removed a warning sign about swimming in Donaghadee harbour just after noon on Friday. "It can be quite transient, which is the good news - sometimes not much more than 24 hours - so we're eagerly awaiting those results from the samples lifted yesterday."Northern Ireland had its wettest July on record, with figures going back to 1836, according to the Met Office.
"E. Coli is an indicator organism for a number of quite nasty bacteria all of which can cause stomach upsets.Ms Clements said she would be "a bit wary" of letting pets swim at the beaches affected. Iain McCarthy runs a paddle boarding and water safety scheme for young people and said they were approached by a Daera official while in the water at Crawfordsburn on Thursday."They approached us and said, 'Look, we've just got to warn you, we're putting signs up at the minute to advise against bathing due to the test results and traces of E.coli found in the water'.
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