There are two places along the coast that North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) says could make you sick this fourth of July.
NCDEQ has published an advisory against swimming at a sound-side site in Kills Devil Hills. Water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality standards.
The advisory is for an area at the Colington Harbour swim beach at the end of Colington Drive in Kill Devil Hills. Water samples there showed enterococci levels that exceed the state and federal standards.
The second area to avoid is further south in the Jockey’s Ridge Soundside Access in the Nags Head area.
The agency warned that swimming or playing in waters with bacteria levels higher than the standards have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal illness or skin infections.
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