Updated at 4:16 p.m., Friday, January 12, 2007
Kualoa closed to swimmers because of bacteria count
Advertiser Staff
Officials planned to post warning signs today at Kualoa Regional Park after high bacteria levels were found in offshore waters there.The signs will be up at least through the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, said Watson Okubo of the state Department of Health's Clean Water Branch.
Routine water sampling found that levels of enterococci bacteria were 57 units per 100 milliliters, above the state allowable level of 7 units and the federal standard of 35 units.
High bacteria levels closed the beach to swimming earlier this year. The beach was re-opened to swimmers in May, and the city continues to pump wastewater from the park into tanker trucks.
