Study: Fecal bacteria levels are having a field day at Texas beaches
Galveston residents know very well what to do when they see a dreaded orange flag flying over the lifeguard towers along the Seawall beaches: Swim ...
September 2, 2023
11:36 AM
Galveston residents know very well what to do when they see a dreaded orange flag flying over the lifeguard towers along the Seawall beaches: Swim at your own risk. Your health could easily be at stake. Best to think twice about dipping any produce into the Gulf, too. (Hopefully you knew that by now.) Green and yellow flags are OK, but orange means an environmental hazard, often an unsafe amount of bacteria in the water. Fecal contamination from sewage runoff is a leading cause of these elevated levels.
Chris Gray