Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Only one site on the lower Tar-Pamlico failed the Swim Guide test this week — ...

Swim Guide is a water-quality program conducted by Sound Rivers, an environmental nonprofit based in Raleigh, New Bern, and Washington with a mission to keep North Carolina’s waterways fishable ...

The recent failure of five sites in the Tar-Pamlico watershed for excessive amounts of fecal bacteria serves as reminder to ...

The Tar-Pamlico had a clean report in this week’s Swim Guide Test, but three sites of the lower Neuse nine failed to meet water quality standards. The three that failed are Town of Bridgeton Park, ...

WASHINGTON, N.C — Three sites on the Tar-Pamlico and Lower Neuse failed to meet recreational water quality standards this week as part of the Swim Guide. On the Neuse, Slocum Creek in Havelock ...

WASHINGTON — Two sites in the Lower Neuse failed to meet recreational water-quality standards in this week’s Swim Guide report. Those sites are the Maple Cypess boat ramp in Grifton and Slocum ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Amid runoff from various storms in North Carolina this week, a dozen river swimming sites failed fecal bacteria testing, according to a group that samples more than 50 ...

Sewage discharge in the Lake District led an action group to issue a warning to stay out of the water.

Sound Rivers’ staff test samples for E. coli in fresh water and enterococci in salt water and pass/fail results are released to the public, providing a quick way to check where it’s safe to swim.

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — The Tar-Pamlico had a clean report in this week’s Swim Guide Test, but three sites of the lower Neuse nine failed to meet water quality standards. The three that ...

Swim Guide is a water-quality program conducted by Sound Rivers, an environmental nonprofit based in Raleigh, New Bern, and Washington with a mission to keep North Carolina’s waterways fishable ...