Islandpacket.com: Swimming Advisory Lifted for Hilton Head Island Beach
Filed under: Earth 911 - August 24, 2007
A swimming advisory issued for a section of Hilton Head Island beach, 200 feet above and below the beach access at Tower Beach off of Sea Pines Drive, has been lifted, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
Test results from samples were within acceptable limits. DHEC inspectors sample ocean water twice a month from May through October.
For more information about beach water quality, go to www.earth911.org, or call DHEC’s Region 8 Environmental Quality Control office at 843-846-1030.