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Conn006

Conn006

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So naturally we are upset that we are down for 2 weeks at our house in Blue Mtn Beach and have friends coming in AND now we can't swim in the water bc of high levels of fecal contamination!!!

How often does this happen??? This is so upsetting. Hey kids, you can play on the beach, you just can't go in or touch the water bc there's S*** in it! :poop:
 
More and more often during summer months because of all the people. We have septic tanks on the lakes and the gulf. Yes, there are septic tanks under the beautiful sand just east of you at Gulf Trace in Grayton Beach. Those people are playing right on top of tanks and drain fields.

This website is the only place you'll learn the truth about South Walton.
 
I have the same issue. We are driving down tomorrow for the week. I suppose we could load up and move down the beach to another location until Tues, when the report comes out. Hope it's cleared up in that report.
 
Conn006 said:
What does this mean? A day or two or three? Clarification please...
Trying to decide if it's worth our friends driving 9 hours!
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Depends on weather and crowds. 4th of July week is the most crowded and septic tanks are flowing heavy. Combine that with a lot of rain and it's a even bigger problem.
 
June 28, 2016
WALTON COUNTY WEEKLY BEACH
SAMPLING RESULTS
~Two Advisories Issued for This Sampling Period~

Health Advisories have been issued for the Miramar Beach Access and the Blue Mountain
Beach Access based on the enterococci standard recommended by the EPA. This should be
considered a potential health risk to the bathing public.
 
We spent a week in Pigeon Force during Christmas week this past winter, to enjoy the feeling of a Christmas wonderland, and mountain chills, and to enjoy snow-tubing at Ober Gatlinburg....it rained and was in the 50's the first three days; when we went to Ober on the fourth day, with a bit of sun and low 60's. The folks at Ober could barely keep the artificial snow-making machines going fast enough to make a spit of "snow" (slush) for the tubers; the poor snow-skiers had super-skinny "trails" of slushy, muddy, artificial snow that would widen out to snow bogs at turns....it was quite depressing. Mostly, we all just got hot and wet......I could have stayed home and got that, but that is the way stuff goes sometimes.

The good news is that there is plenty of "un-signed" beach in SOWAL for guests to chose from besides that fronting the leaching cesspools of BMB, and select other areas. The key is to monitor the water reports and base where you lay and play dependent on where the water quality is good...(seriously, this being 2016, you'd think the homes still having leaching septic drain fields in the dunes would have long-since been connected to utility sewer service.....one can't expect this area be considered a "jewel" to our potential guests if they get wind--no pun intended--that we're merely polishing the Proverbial turd). :dunno::poop:
 
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