DEEP: State Swimming Area Water Quality Report

Governor Dannel P. Malloy |

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State Swimming Area Water Quality Report

Water Quality Information Line: 1-866-287-2757 (Toll Free) Option 5

Updated on - Friday, May 24, 2013

Shoreline	Location	Status
Hammonasset Beach State Park	Madison	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Rocky Neck State Park	Niantic	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Sherwood Island State Park	Westport	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Silver Sands State Park	Milford	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend

Lakes and Ponds	Location	Status
Black Rock State Park	Watertown	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Burr Pond State Park	Torrington	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Chatfield Hollow State Park	Killingworth	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Cockaponset State Forest (Pattaconk)	Chester	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Day Pond State Park	Colchester	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Gardner Lake State Park	Salem	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Gay City State Park	Hebron	Park/Forest is Open - SWIMMING CLOSED/SAMPLE RETESTING
Hopeville Pond State Park	Griswold	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Indian Well State Park	Shelton	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Kettletown State Park	Southbury	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Lake Waramaug State Park	Kent	Park/Forest is Open - SWIMMING CLOSED/SAMPLE RETESTING
Mashamoquet Brook State Park	Pomfret	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN/SAMPLE RETESTING
Mount Tom State Park	Litchfield	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Pachaug State Forest (Green Falls Pond)	Voluntown	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Quaddick State Park	Thompson	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Squantz Pond State Park	New Fairfield	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Stratton Brook State Park	Simsbury	Park/Forest is open - SWIMMING OPEN
Wadsworth Falls State Park	Middletown	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend
Wharton Brook State Park	Wallingford	Park/Forest is open - Water Quality Testing will resume the week prior to Memorial Day weekend

Note: Water quality information is updated Friday afternoon and then again starting on Mondays. For the most up-to-date information on the status of beaches over the weekend, please call the Water Quality Report Information Line at 1-866-CTPARKS (option #5).

Park has guarded beach

Indicator bacteria are not disease causing pathogens, but are one of the tools used by public health and environmental protection authorities to evaluate potential for contamination of waterbodies.

State Swimming Area Water Quality Summer Program Fact Sheet

Beach Monitoring Program Information

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