Dirtiest beaches in the nation

CNN report lists the cleanest and dirtiest beaches in the U.S. Several Louisiana beaches make the list.

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The report also noted the top 15 “Repeat Offenders” - beaches that continually have high bacteria counts. These beaches over the last five years have had persistent contamination problems, with water samples violating public health standards more than 25% of the time for each year from 2007 to 2011.

Those beaches are:

– California: Avalon Beach in Los Angeles County (3 of 5 monitored sections):
– Avalon Beach – West of Green Pleasure Pier (50 feet)
– Avalon Beach – West of Green Pleasure Pier (100 feet)
– Avalon Beach – East of Green Pleasure Pier
– California: Doheny State Beach in Orange County (3 of 6 monitored sections):
– Doheny State Beach – North of San Juan Creek
– Doheny State Beach – Surfzone at Outfall
– Doheny State Beach – 1000' South Outfall
– Illinois: Winnetka Elder Park Beach in Cook County
– Illinois: North Point Marina North Beach in Lake County
– Louisiana: Constance Beach in Cameron Parish
– Louisiana: Gulf Breeze in Cameron Parish
– Louisiana: Little Florida in Cameron Parish
– Louisiana: Long Beach in Cameron Parish
– Louisiana: Rutherford Beach in Cameron Parish
– New Jersey: Beachwood Beach West in Ocean County
– New York: Woodlawn Beach – Woodlawn Beach State Park in Erie County
– New York: Ontario Beach in Monroe County
– Ohio: Euclid State Park in Cuyahoga County
– Ohio: Villa Angela State Park in Cuyahoga County
– Wisconsin: South Shore Beach in Milwaukee County

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