2016 Bathing Beach Water Test Results

The Braintree Health Department considers an individual bathing beach water sample with an enterococci count less than 104 acceptable for bathing/swimming.

Counts greater than 104 indicate the water is unacceptable for swimming/bathing and the beach will be posted as such. A 5-sample Enterococci Geometric Mean value greater than 35 also indicates the water is unacceptable for swimming/bathing.      

N/A means not available.

*Rain event occurred within 24 hours of sample collection

Smith Beach

Marine (Salt) Water Beach
Sample Date Enterococci 
Count
 5- Sample 
Geomean
 Acceptable For
Bathing?
6/14/16 31 N/A YES
6/21/16 31 N/A YES
6/28/16 10 N/A YES
7/5/16 <10 N/A YES
7/12/16 <10 15.72 YES
7/19/16 <10 12.54 YES
7/26/16 10 10 YES
8/2/16 <10 10 YES
8/9/16 <10 10 YES
8/16/16 <10 10 YES
8/23/16 <10 10 YES
8/30/16 <10 10 YES

Sunset Lake

Fresh Water Beach
Sample Date E. Coli
​Count		 5-Sample
​Geomean		 Acceptable for
​Bathing?
6/14/16 5 N/A YES
6/21/16 12 N/A YES
6/28/16 5 N/A YES
7/5/16 24 N/A YES
7/12/16 5 8.15 YES
7/19/16 16 10.29 YES
7/26/16 5 8.63 YES
8/2/16 5 8.63 YES
8/9/16 8 6.93 YES
8/16/16 148 13.65 YES
8/23/16 56 17.53 YES
8/30/16 84 30.83 YES