Swim Guide: Three Tar-Pamlico sites fail this week
WASHINGTON, NC — Three sites on the Tar-Pamlico failed to meet recreational water-quality standards this week: Havens Gardens in Washington, Dinah'...
WASHINGTON, NC — Three sites on the Tar-Pamlico failed to meet recreational water-quality standards this week: Havens Gardens in Washington, Dinah's Landing at Goose Creek State Park and Cotton Patch Landing on Blounts Creek. A long, dry spell followed by this week's rain washing pollutants into waterways is likely the cause of the failures, said Sound Rivers' Program Director Clay Barber. Swim Guide is an international water-quality program conducted locally by Sound Rivers. The environmental nonprofit is based in Raleigh, New Bern and Washington and has a mission to keep North Carolina's waterways fishable, swimmable and drinkable.