Colony Beach Water Quality Test Results
Recent Testing Results: (Testing will resume June 2024)
DATE: August 31, 2023
- Colony Beach 97 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria ("flag" bacteria) Retesting in progress
Colony Beach water temperature: 19.8 degrees C, or 67 degrees F
Maine's EPA-approved Beach Action Value (or single sample maximum safety threshold) for enterococci in marine waters is 104 MPN/100 mL. Enterococci bacteria results greater than or equal to 104 MPN/100ml and human bacteria greater than or equal to 525 copies/100ml are considered unsafe levels for water contact.
Date | Colony Beach |
August 31, 2023 | 97 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 30, 2023 | 109 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 28, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 23, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 21, 2023 | 120 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 16, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 14, 2023 | 20 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 10, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 9, 2023 | 332 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 7, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
August 2, 2023 | 52 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 31, 2023 | 41 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 26, 2023 | <10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 24, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 19, 2023 | 20 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 17, 2023 | 279 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 12, 2023 | 30 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 10, 2023 | <10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 6(retest) | 63 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
July 5, 2023 | 528 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 28, 2023 | 41 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 26, 2023 | <10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 21, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 14, 2023 | <10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 12, 2023 | 10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 7, 2023 | 30 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
June 5, 2023 | 41 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |
May 31, 2023 | <10 MPN/100ml enterococci bacteria |