FORT WALTON BEACH — One Okaloosa County park has potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated Sept. 14.
Garniers Park, Fort Walton Beach failed tests based on EPA-recommended enterococci standards. Enteric bacteria’s presence indicates fecal pollution from stormwater runoff, pets and wildlife or human sewage.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: One Okaloosa park receives advisory for hazardous water