No Swimming Warning For Londontown Community Beach On South River

EDGEWATER, MD — Residents should avoid swimming, water skiing and other direct water contact because of high bacteria levels found in water sample results at Londontown Community Beach No. 5 on Arundel Road in Edgewater on the South River.

The Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued the advisory Friday.

The advisory will remain in effect until water samples show bacteria levels to be at an acceptable level that meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standard. The Department of Health has posted advisory signs at the beach.

People who have come in contact with the affected water should wash immediately with soap and warm water. Clothing should also be washed.

Many factors, such as rainfall, waterfowl, water temperature and tidal action, can cause high bacteria readings. For more information on the status of the advisory visit www.aahealth.org/londontown-advisory, or call the Water Quality Line, 410-222-7999.

Subscribers to the Department’s Recreational Water Quality Email Alert System will receive an email notifying them when the advisory is lifted. To sign up for the free e-alert system, visit www.aahealth.org/health-alert.

Water quality alerts can also be received via text messages on cellphones by following the Department on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aahealth_water.

After rainfall of a half-inch or more, all Anne Arundel County beaches are under a no swimming/no direct water contact advisory for at least 48 hours due to predicted elevated bacteria levels from rainwater runoff and increased health risks. Do not swim in cloudy, murky water.