Choctawhatchee River at Hutto Park, Newton. Alabama

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This site is a lightly used to moderate use area for swimming and is an entry point for paddlers entering or exiting the river at this point. There are some campsites at the park and there is water and electricity. There are no bathing facilities.

Historical data is available at the Alabama Water Watch website at http://www.alabamawaterwatch.org/ using Site Code 04007091.

Historically only one high E. coli value has been seen for this site and that was after a heavy rainfall. The town of Newton is just upstream and sewer overflow or septic waste is a possible bacteria immediately following a heavy rainfall. Under normal flow conditions this site should not be expected to have contamination issues.

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WATER QUALITY

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 28th, 2019. Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

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SOURCE INFORMATION

S. EPA.

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper will monitor these sites for E. coli from May to September. If resources allow these sites will at a minimum be monitored once prior to each major summer holiday. If additional resources are available these 5 will be monitored five times a month in May, June, July, August, September to check for contamination. All data will be reported to the media. Sites that fail to meet water quality standards will be reported to county health departments, the local watershed management authority, posted to the blog on the Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper website and reported directly to members of Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, the Wiregrass Canoe and Kayak Club and members of the SE Alabama Chapter of the Alabama Scenic River Trail.

Sites that fail to meet water quality standards will be tested approximately once a week until they meet water quality standards. If they continue to fail to meet water quality standards, efforts will be made to post the sites as failing or have them posted. Sites that meet water quality standards in the early testing period will be tested prior to each major summer holiday. If at any point they fail to meet water quality standards, they will be tested as above.

According to ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER DIVISION – WATER QUALITY PROGRAM, for incidental water contact and whole body water-contact recreation, the bacterial quality of water is acceptable when a sanitary survey by the controlling health authorities reveals no source of dangerous pollution and when the geometric mean E. coli organism density does not exceed 126 colonies/100 ml nor exceed a maximum of 235 colonies/100 mL in any single sample in non-coastal waters.

Our sites are GREEN when E. coli do not exceed a maximum of 235 colonies/100 ml in any single sample.

Our sites are normally YELLOW when the E. coli in a single sample is between 235 and 600 E. coli colonies per 100 mL in a single sample. When the E. coli in a single sample is over 235 colonies per 100 mL AND there are reasons that increases the concern about this site it may be set at RED!

Our sites are RED when the E. coli in a single sample exceeds a 600 colonies/100 mL in any single sample unless the sample is an outlier - for example it was taken in a first flush event or shortly after a significant runoff event.

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