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EN ESPAÑOL
Sound Rivers’ Neuse and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeepers work with interns and volunteers to monitor water quality sites in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico watersheds. Our sites are sampled weekly from late May through the end of August. Sites are monitored for E. coli bacteria in freshwater and enterococci bacteria in salt water.
As soon as results of our monitoring are available they will be posted to here, can be found at the Swim Guide website, using the smartphone app, on our Facebook page, and will be announced on Public Radio East between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. each Friday. You can also get weekly alerts during the summer via text (text SWIM to 833-686-5322 to join our text alert list).
CONDITIONS ON
June 27, 2025
Swim Guide water-quality results are released on Friday afternoons. The following sites are tested weekly, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
UPPER NEUSE
Two sampled sites failed this week: Poole Road in Raleigh and Clayton River Walk.
Durham
Hickory Hill – not sampled
Rolling View – pass
Creedmoor
Beaver Dam – pass
Ledge Rock – not sampled
Highway 50 boat ramp – pass
Barton Creek, Wake Forest – pass
Raleigh
Buffaloe Road – pass
Falls of Neuse – pass
Poole Road – fail
Clayton
Clayton River Walk – fail
Neuse Golf Club – pass
Smithfield Town Commons – pass
LOWER NEUSE
Two sites failed this week: Bridgeton Park and Slocum Creek in Havelock.
Kinston
Highway 11 Boat Ramp – pass
Oak Bluff Road – pass
Maple Cypress Boat Ramp, Grifton – pass
Cowpen Landing, Vanceboro – pass
Bridgeton Park – fail
New Bern
Glenburnie – pass
Lawson Creek Park – pass
Spring Garden – not sampled
Brice’s Creek – pass
Trent Woods – pass
River Bend – pass
Pollocksville – pass
Black Beard Sailing Club – pass
Slocum Creek, Havelock – fail
Oriental
Midyette St. – pass
Pierce Creek – pass
TAR-PAMLICO
Six sites failed this week: Moccasin dock/Cypress Creek in Lake Royale, Sunset Park and Battle Park in Rocky Mount, Dinah’s Landing and Havens Gardens in Washington, and Wright’s Creek in Belhaven.
Lake Royale
Pavilion beach – pass
Pavilion lawn – pass
Clubhouse/Sagamore boat dock – pass
Clubhouse/Sagamore beach – pass
Moccasin dock/Cypress Creek – fail
Crows Landing – not sampled
Rocky Mount
Sunset Park – fail
Battle Park – fail
Tar River Reservoir – pass
Tarboro boat ramp – pass
Greenville
Town Common – pass
Wildwood Park – pass
Port Terminal – pass
Yankee Hall Road, Pactolus – pass
Washington
Mason’s Landing – pass
Washington waterfront – pass
Havens Gardens in Washington – fail
Dinah’s Landing at Goose Creek State Park – fail
Pamlico Plantation – pass
Cypress Landing, Chocowinity – pass
Blount’s Bay – pass
Cotton Patch Landing, Blount’s Creek – pass
Bath
Bonner Point – pass
Plum Point – pass
Wright’s Creek, Belhaven – fail
Get Swim Guide Results
Swim Guide volunteers sample each site on Thursdays throughout the summer and results are available by Friday afternoon. They will be posted to this page, can be found at the Swim Guide website, using the app, on our Facebook page, and will be announced on Public Radio East between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. each Friday. You can also get the results via weekly text alerts during the summer — just text SWIM to 833-686-5322 to join our text alert list!
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Water Quality Criteria
Sound Rivers uses the North Carolina and EPA water-quality criteria for contact recreation. Sites are marked green when the last sample was at healthy levels of bacteria. Sites are marked red when the last sample was above the criteria, or unhealthy levels of bacteria. Sites are marked grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.
E. coli is a type of bacteria found in the intestines of people and other animals, and is a good indicator of recent fecal contamination. While most types of these bacteria are harmless, some types can make us sick or cause more severe gastrointestinal issues in more sensitive groups.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries Recreational Water Quality Program does additional testing in the region. Those results are also incorporated into the sites listed on the Swim Guide website and app.
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