Tybee’s Polk Street Beach placed under health department advisory | savannahnow.com

The Chatham County Health Department has placed Tybee Island’s Polk Street Beach under advisory because of possible risk of illness associated with water contact at that location.

Routine water quality tests taken July 16 at Polk Street Beach — the northernmost portion of Tybee near the mouth of the Savannah River from the end of the beach to the jetty — showed a high level of enterococci bacteria which increase the risk of gastrointestinal illness in swimmers, said Sharon G. Smith, a health services program manager with the health department. The beach is not closed.

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