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#Pathogen risk found at 78% of #Maine coastal #beaches tested in 2024, report finds

July 8, 2025

"The report noted Maine beaches with persistent pollution problems last year included #GoodiesBeach in #RockportME, #GoochsBeach in #KennebunkME, #CapeNeddick Beach, #LaiteBeach in #CamdenME, Little Beach in #OgunquitME, #FerryBeach in #ScarboroughME, #WillardBeach in #SouthPortlandME, #MothersBeach in Kennebunk, and #GooseRocksBeach in #KennebunkportME ."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/pathogen-risk-found-at-78-of-maine-coastal-beaches-tested-in-2024-report-finds/ar-AA1Icy9m?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=d56d1d887b4b43bb9d10ee87215742d4&ei=8

#WaterIsLife #MaineBeaches #SewagePollution #OceansAreLife

"Ferry Beach State Park"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis

Serenity, tranquility, peacefulness are just a few of the feelings I'm experiencing as I sit on the sand on this cold and windy early spring day, at Saco, Maines Ferry Beach State Park. - READ MORE - https://pixels.com/featured/ferry-beach-state-park-scott-loring-davis.html

#FerryBeachStatePark #FerryBeach #Saco #Maine #beach #nature #naturephotography #landscape #lobbyart #hotelart #buyintoart #ScottLoringDavis #ScottLoringDavisFineArtPhotography

"Ferry Beach State Park"

By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis

Serenity, tranquility, peacefulness are just a few of the feelings I'm experiencing as I sit on the sand on this cold and windy early spring day, at Saco, Maines Ferry Beach State Park. - READ MORE https://pixels.com/featured/ferry-beach-state-park-scott-loring-davis.html

#Saco #Maine #FerryBeach #beach #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #art #seascpae #lobbyart #hotelart #buyintoart #ScottLoringDavis #ScottoringDavisFineArtPhotography

Group warns of potentially polluted water identified at #MaineBeaches

Maine Public | By Caty DuDevoir
Published July 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM EDT

"Thirty-six beaches in Maine were considered potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day of #bacteria testing in 2022, according to a recent report.

"Sewage overflows and runoff pollution contaminated the waters surrounding multiple popular swimming spots such as #GoochsBeach in #Kennebunkport and #FerryBeach in #Scarborough.

"John Rumpler is the clean water director at the Environment Maine Research & Policy Center who co-authored the report.

"When we pave over everything with #ParkingLots, #StripMalls and big #roadways, that water has nowhere to go, so it sweeps up all the #pollution on the surface and pulls it right into nearby #rivers, #streams, and #coastalwaters, or overwhelms our combined sewage systems,' Rumpler says.

"Rumpler says that preserving the state's #wetlands can restore and expand the land's natural capacity to absorb rain water, and continuing to repair #sewage #infrastructure across the state is a step in the right direction.

"With the heavy precipitation these last few weeks, Rumpler is worried that pollution levels may be higher.

"Beach water quality updates can be found on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website."

https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2023-07-11/group-warns-of-potentially-polluted-water-identified-at-maine-beaches

#Wetlands #WetlandPreservation #SewageInfrastructure #WaterIsLife #ExtremeRain #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange