Swimming Advisories Lifted For Ocean View Beach

Press release from the City of Norfolk:

Posted on: May 26, 2021

NORFOLK, VA – The Norfolk Department of Public Health has now lifted the Swimming Advisory posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 for East Community Beach.

Re-sampling of the water at this location has determined that levels of enterococci organisms are within State Water Quality Standards. All posted advisory signs are being removed.

For further information, call the Environmental Health Division, Norfolk Department of Public Health, at 757-683-2712. For information about the Virginia Department of Health’s Beach Monitoring Program, current swimming advisory maps, and helpful tips about recreational water safety, please visit: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/environmental-epidemiology/beach-monitoring/

This press release was produced by the City of Norfolk. The views expressed here are the author’s own.