A new study suggests high levels of fecal bacteria are somewhat common in the water at beaches along the Gulf Coast.
suggests high levels of fecal bacteria are somewhat common in the water at beaches along the Gulf Coast.
According to Environment Texas, 90 percent of Texas beaches tested in 2022 had potentially unsafe levels of fecal indicator bacteria on at least one testing day. Sixty-one Texas beaches were tested for fecal indicator bacteria in 2022 and 55 came back with potentially unsafe levels. Of those, 8 beaches tested positive for potentially unsafe levels on more than 25% of all days tested.University Beach "I can’t go in there and not think I’m swimming in peoples’ waste," said one beachgoer.
"We monitor it because it’s a human health risk," said Natasha Zarnstorff from the Galveston Bay Foundation. "We want to know what the current levels are at so we can better identify places that are safe to swim or not."
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