BCHD to Begin Testing Water at Local Beaches for Swimming Safety

BCHD to begin testing water at local beaches for swimming safety

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

Berrien County Health Department begins beach monitoring program for the summer

The Berrien County Health Department has begun its beach monitoring program for the summer. Department Environmental Health Supervisor Brian Murphy tells us a grant enables the department to go around Lake Michigan beaches throughout the county once a week taking samples to be tested for E coli. Staff wade out into water about waist deep to collect the samples. “Our team goes out there with the sampling bottles and the documents and we pick at l…

Health Department now monitoring Berrien County beaches for the summer

The Berrien County Health Department has begun its beach monitoring program for the summer. Department Environmental Health Supervisor Brian Murphy tells us a grant enables the department to go around Lake Michigan beaches throughout the county once a week taking samples to be tested for E coli. Staff wade out into water about waist deep to collect the samples. “Our team goes out there with the sampling bottles and the documents and we pick at …