TORONTO – All but two Toronto beaches are safe for swimming again after last week’s flash flooding caused higher than normal E. coli levels in the water.
The beaches that are safe include: Marie Curtis Park East Beach, Sunnyside Beach, Hanlan’s Point Beach, Gibraltar Point Beach, Ward’s Island Beach, Cherry Beach, Woodbine Beaches, Kew Balmy Beach, and Bluffer’s Beach Park.
Only Centre Island Beach and Rouge Beach are unsafe.
The swimming conditions were reported as of July 13 on the City of Toronto website.
The City of Toronto has issued a heat alert and southern Ontario is under a humidex advisory.
The city indicates that it takes daily water samples from the supervised beaches across the city to test for E. coli bateria from June to August.
In Ontario, the standard for beach water quality is set by the Ministry of the Environment at 100 E. coli per 100 millilitres of water.
Swimming in waters with E. coli levels greater than the provincial standard exposes the bather to increased risk of infections.
You can find out the status of all Toronto beaches here.
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