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FORT WALTON BEACH — No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated Aug. 21
No parks 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: No Okaloosa parks receive hazardous water advisories