Headed to a Texas beach? Map tracks levels of fecal bacteria at popular destinations
55 of 61 Texas beaches had potentially unsafe levels of bacteria at least one day in 2020, report says
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If you’re heading to a Texas beach this summer, you’ll want to check the fecal bacteria levels before heading to the shore.
A map provided by the Texas General Land Office, which oversees some public lands and beaches, monitors the fecal bacteria levels along the Texas coast, collecting samples and testing them for contamination.
And, even though the COVID-19 pandemic may have kept many Texans indoors last year, that doesn’t mean the beaches got any cleaner.