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PEOA, Summit County — Visitors are being asked not to get in the water in parts of Rockport State Park after elevated levels of E. coli were found during routine sampling on Monday, water officials announced on Thursday.
A health advisory was issued by Summit County Health Department on Thursday telling patrons to not swim or wade in the water at Pinery Picnic Area, which is where the elevated levels were discovered.
Samples from the area showed levels of E. coli “well above the recreational health advisory threshold,” Utah Division of Water Quality officials said in a news release.
Follow up samples taken on Thursday confirm the values continued to exceed the threshold.
