Bathing Beach Water Quality Reports 2023
Marine Beaches in Massachusetts
In 2000, the U.S. Congress enacted the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act to improve the quality of coastal recreational waters. The BEACH Act seeks to reduce the risk of disease to users of the Nation's marine recreational waters through the identification of high-risk beaches, identification and mitigation of sources of pollution, and notification/risk communication to the public. In late 2001, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) was awarded funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that partially support Departmental efforts to develop a bathing beaches inventory and communicate results of beach monitoring to the general public.
Duxbury has five beaches where the water is collected and sent to the lab for testing; Please see the link below for beach closures:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/current-public-beach-postings
As of Friday, August 21, 2023:
Landing Road-Open
Shipyard Lane-Open
West End-Open
Resident's Beach-Open
Bath House @ Blakeman's-Open
July 6, 2023 Resample Landing Road for exceedance
July 7, 2023 Resample West End for exceedance
July 13, 2023 Resample of Landing Road exceedance
July 17, 2023 Landing Road Beach closed due to Geomean Exceedance-What is a Geomean Exceedance? Click here to learn more: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/frequently-asked-questions-about-monit...?
August 23, 2023 Resample Resident Beach-pass