Do Not Swim Advisory Notices have been issued for Burrow Beach Sutton & South Strand Skerries

Do Not Swim notices have been issued today for Burrow Beach Sutton and South Strand Skerries for three days due to an increase in bacteria levels in the results of the bathing water samples taken on Monday 19th July, 2021.

The existing advisory notice on Skerries South Beach has been elevated to a Do Not Swim notice given results received today Wednesday 21st July 2021.

Resamples from Burrow Beach, Sutton, and Skerries South Beach were taken this morning with results due this Friday, 23rd July. If the resample results are satisfactory the Do Not Swim notices can be lifted this Friday 23rd July.

The beaches remain open but beach users are asked to respect the ‘Do Not Swim’ notices as they have been put in place to ensure that the health of bathers is not compromised.

Members of the public can check for water quality at any of the monitored bathing waters in Ireland in advance by accessing the EPA website at www.beaches.ie or by checking the notice board at the entrance to each beach. 

To view  an explanation of the standards used for reporting results of bathing water (i.e. What are the standards used in bathing water) and the assessment of risk to bather health deemed to meet “Poor” standard (risk circa >10% of contracting gastro-intestinal illness) please got to  https://www.fingal.ie/bathing-water-quality-monitoring-faqs

We report and investigate the water quality issues in the bathing areas and refer to the expert HSE guidance in relation to health matters. Current HSE advice for bathers available at this link below;

https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/hl/water/bathing/water-quality.html