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WASHINGTON, N.C. — Swim Guide is going year-round for a second year. For six years, conservation organization Sound Rivers has provided the service, letting the public know where it’s safe to swim in waterways throughout the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico river basins. This scaled-down, year-round version of Swim Guide will run until Memorial Day 2024, with […]
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Three sites failed the Swim Guide test this week on the lower Neuse, while on the Tar-Pamlico, only one site failed to meet recreational water-quality standards: Cotton Patch Landing on Blounts Creek. N.C. Highway 11 boat ramp in Kinston, Maple Cypress boat ramp at Fort Barnwell, and Slocum Creek in […]
NEW BERN, N.C. — Only one site failed the Swim Guide test this week on the Tar-Pamlico, and one that has been plagued with pollution all summer passed on the lower Neuse. Dinah’s Landing at Goose Creek State Park near Washington failed to meet recreational water-quality standards; Slocum Creek in Havelock passed for the first […]
WASHINGTON, N.C. — Three sites in the lower Neuse watershed failed to meet recreational water-quality standards this week. All sites on the Tar-Pamlico River passed. In the Neuse Slocum Creek (Havelock), Pierce Creek (Oriental), and River Bend Kayak Launch (River Bend) failed. “We advise caution for the few sites that failed to meet water quality standards this week; however, […]
WASHINGTON, N.C. — All sites on the lower Neuse and Tar-Pamlico passed the first Swim Guide test of the season, but swimmers still need to take caution this Memorial Day weekend. “While all the sites we sampled met state and federal recreational water-quality standards this week, keep in mind that any time we have a […]