Six Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated June 27.
Garniers Park, Fort Walton Beach; Poquito Park, Shalimar; East Pass, Okaloosa Island; Henderson Beach and Clement E. Taylor Park, Destin; and Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park, Niceville 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: Okaloosa health department releases water quality results