Beach advisory reported, Jun 10, 2026

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{
  "releases": [
    {
      "title": "Swimming Advisory Issued for Huntington Beach",
      "link": "https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/public-relations-contacts/2026-regional-news-releases/swimming-advisory-issued-for-huntington-beach/",
      "pubDate": "Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:37:56 +0000",
      "published": "2026-06-10T14:37:56-04:00",
      "action": "issued",
      "categories": [
        "Huntington Beach",
        "Peninsula Health District",
        "Swiming advisory"
      ],
      "dateline": "Newport News",
      "lead": [
        "Swimming Advisory Issued for Huntington Beach",
        "NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Peninsula Health District has issued a swimming advisory for Huntington Beach in the City of Newport News, VA. Samples collected on Tuesday, June 10, 2026, by the Peninsula Health District showed that bacteria levels in the water exceeded the state water quality standard.",
        "Signs are posted at the beaches alerting the public of the advisory. The signs read: “Warning swimmers – bacteria levels do not meet state water quality standards, swimming not advised until further notice.”",
        "Additional samples were collected by health officials on Wednesday, and results should be available on Thursday. Officials will remove the signs and notify the public again when the bacteria levels decrease to levels that meet the state water quality standards.",
        "“We encourage the public to protect their health by complying with this advisory,” “Typically, an advisory of this nature is temporary and will be withdrawn once the bacteria levels have returned to a safe level.”",
        "Recreational waters are monitored for bacteria routinely during the summer swimming season using indicator organisms such as enterococci, the indicator of choice for estuarine and marine waters.",
        "Enterococci is a group of organisms used to determine the extent of fecal contamination of recreational waters. While these organisms do not cause illness, scientific studies indicate that their presence is closely correlated to the presence of other disease-causing organisms. People swimming or playing in waters with bacteria levels higher than the standard have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal illness."
      ],
      "advisory_area": null,
      "advice": "The signs read: “Warning swimmers – bacteria levels do not meet state water quality standards, swimming not advised until further notice.”",
      "role": "issued"
    },
    {
      "title": "Swimming Advisory Lifted Huntington Beach",
      "link": "https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/public-relations-contacts/2026-regional-news-releases/18526-2/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:58:17 +0000",
      "published": "2026-06-11T15:58:17-04:00",
      "action": "lifted",
      "categories": [
        "beach advisory",
        "Huntington Beach"
      ],
      "dateline": "Newport News",
      "lead": [
        "Swimming Advisory Lifted for Huntington Beach",
        "NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Peninsula Health District has received results from sampling completed on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. These results indicate that bacteria levels in the water at Huntington Beach meet the state water quality standards for recreational waters. The swimming advisory is no longer in effect at this location.",
        "Environmental health officials sample Yorktown, Hilton, Huntington, King-Lincoln, and Anderson public beaches on a weekly basis during the swimming season from May to September.",
        "Residents are reminded to observe the following guidelines as they enjoy the summer swimming season:"
      ],
      "advisory_area": null,
      "advice": "Do not swim in water that looks stagnant, muddy, or smells unpleasant.",
      "role": "lifted"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "swimming",
  "place_words": [
    "beach",
    "huntington"
  ],
  "event_type_basis": "swimming advisory from beach bacteria sampling",
  "valid_until": "2026-06-11T15:58:17-04:00",
  "notes": [
    "Swimming Advisory Issued for Huntington Beach: The release says 'Tuesday, June 10, 2026', but June 10, 2026 is a Wednesday; the date is kept as published (not corrected)."
  ],
  "water_placement": {
    "subject": "Huntington Beach",
    "town": "Newport News",
    "notes": null
  },
  "discharger_named": null,
  "_time_basis": "RSS pubDate (UTC) shown in America/New_York; started_at = the issued release, ended_at = the lift"
}

Source: Virginia Department of Health (Peninsula Health District) via Virginia Department of Health recreational water and swimming advisories (newsroom search RSS), record swimming-advisory-issued-for-huntington-beach, published Jun 10, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:42 UTC · Read the original notice

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