Woodbridge Pool, Woodbridge Hill Road, pool 4.19 King Island Natural King Island Council did not Council recreational conduct sampling during Contact King Island water body the 2016-2017 season. Council (03) 6462 Pools and Spas Council did not advise of 1177 any publically accessible pools or spas in the municipality. Natural 4.20 Latrobe Freer Beach - Shearwater Bacteriological Weekly from Results from the Mersey The Mersey River was recreational Council Hawley Beach Enterococci December to River at both Bells Parade affected by the June 2016 water body Mersey River - end of March. and Shale Road were floods, with minimal flow Contact Glenys sampling sites Shale Road noncompliant with noted on a number of Nichols (03) 6421 Mersey River - Bells Guideline values for occasions. Some remedial 4650 Parade primary contact activities works have been Panatana Rivulet on four occasions. undertaken to assist Port Sorell Pontoon Temporary signs warning increase river flow. Squeaking Point against swimming were Permanent signage erected at Shale Road in indicating a water quality January following two grading of fair is in place at consecutive noncompliant Mersey River, Bells Parade. results. Three samples were noncompliant with Guideline values at Panatana Rivulet. Results of resampling on all three occasions returned compliant results. Pools and Spas Latrobe Swimming Pool, Monthly. Noncompliant results Bacteriological Latrobe, 1pool occurred on seven (Heterotrophic Lotus Waters Wellness occasions at one spa and on Plate Count, Centre Spa, Shearwater, 1 one occasion at one pool. spa Corrective action was taken Thermotolerant Rubicon Swim School, and resampling returned coliforms/E.coli, Latrobe, 1 pool compliant results, with the
Woodbridge Pool, Woodbridge Hill Road, pool 4.19 King Island Council Contact King Island Council (03) 6462 1177 Natural recreational water body King Island Council did not conduct sampling during the 2016-2017 season. Pools and Spas Council did not advise of any publically accessible pools or spas in the municipality. 4.20 Latrobe Council Contact Glenys Nichols (03) 6421 4650 Freer Beach - Shearwater Hawley Beach Mersey River - end of Shale Road Mersey River - Bells Parade Panatana Rivulet Port Sorell Pontoon Squeaking Point Natural recreational water body sampling sites Bacteriological Enterococci Weekly from December to March. Results from the Mersey River at both Bells Parade and Shale Road were noncompliant with Guideline values for primary contact activities on four occasions. Temporary signs warning against swimming were erected at Shale Road in January following two consecutive noncompliant results. Three samples were noncompliant with Guideline values at Panatana Rivulet. Results of resampling on all three occasions returned compliant results. The Mersey River was affected by the June 2016 floods, with minimal flow noted on a number of occasions. Some remedial works have been undertaken to assist increase river flow. Permanent signage indicating a water quality grading of fair is in place at Mersey River, Bells Parade. Latrobe Swimming Pool, Latrobe, 1pool Lotus Waters Wellness Centre Spa, Shearwater, 1 spa Rubicon Swim School, Latrobe, 1 pool Pools and Spas Bacteriological (Heterotrophic Plate Count, Thermotolerant coliforms/E.coli, Monthly. Noncompliant results occurred on seven occasions at one spa and on one occasion at one pool. Corrective action was taken and resampling returned compliant results, with the
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