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The elevated bacteria counts can cause eye, sinus and respiratory infections.

"The bacteria counts are going down," Mayor Hannemann said.

The lake is fit for swimming most of the summer, except for days after rainstorms when bacteria counts are high.

But, Mr. Appleton said yesterday, it is also possible that the high bacteria counts do not have a common cause.

Detergent and bacteria counts are up.

Hurricanes, red tides and concerns over bacteria counts have affected the oystermen's lives from time to time.

"The bacteria count has leveled off.

Methanogenic bacteria counts and breath CH 4 recovered after sulphate addition was stopped.

In both instances, Ms. Derer said, the closings were due to high bacteria counts and lasted just one day.

Beaches are closed when high bacteria counts are detected during weekly samplings at 186 ocean and 131 bay stations throughout the state.

The waste water that the Dayton sewage plant discharges into the river now has a lower bacteria count than the river itself, Mr. Hall added.

Westport's bacteria counts had come back high, and Sherwood Island State Park sits in the middle of two of Westport's beaches.

While city inspectors yesterday saw no visible waste in the water near the Staten Island and Brooklyn beaches, they closed them as a precaution while bacteria counts were taken.

She had me decipher all the data I could out of the opticals; data on bacteria counts and atmosphere, and checked it against the measurements she could make herself.

State and federal officials like Bradley Campbell, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, are predicting this to be a "fairly typical year" in bacteria counts and beach closings.

Also established was a 2010 deadline for an end to chronic Long Island Sound beach closings due to high bacteria counts and for a 10 percent reduction in areas closed to shellfishing by bacteria.

A lab tech for EMSL Analytical stated no staph, salmonella or E. coli were found and the general bacteria count was 4% of what is typically found on an office desk.

As for swimming, River Project members, who do not go into the Hudson if the bacteria count goes above 200, or if there is noticeable flotsam in the water, contend that both things occur less and less often.

The Wildwood Crest business owners involved in the chlorine dumping incident apparently heard about the high bacteria counts and decided to do something to change it, said Mary Rura-Rucci, a Cape May County spokeswoman.

He is more relaxed and playful, whether discussing the relative bacteria counts of water from a toilet or a river, challenging a teenager to Ping Pong or grabbing a video camera for a little role reversal with reporters.

Bird droppings under piers raised coliform bacteria counts and closed swimming areas, dead dolphins started washing ashore around July 1, sewage system breakdowns fouled beaches and a mysterious 50-mile-long tide of hospital waste forced additional beach closings.

He said the water now fell within the standard ranges that JV China had stipulated for things like acidity and bacteria counts and therefore was adequate to meet contractual obligations - two points that JV China disputes.

(AP) WILDWOOD: BEACHES REOPEN The first ocean beaches to be closed to swimmers this season reopened yesterday after potentially harmful bacteria counts fell, the authorities said.

"Testing the waters is an important step, but its only the first step," said Assemblyman Howard Wayne of California, who introduced the legislation that became the state's law establishing standards for statewide monitoring of coastal waters and requiring notification when bacteria counts reach certain levels.

At two other closed Staten Island beaches, Great Kills and Miller Field, which are operated by the Gateway National Recreation Area, high tides for three consecutive days have been clear and the bacteria count has fallen, said a National Park Service spokesman, Manny Strumpf.