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West Vancouver's Whytecliff Beach water tainted with E.coli

It may still be hot and dry out but Vancouver Coastal Health is warning residents not to cool off in the water at Whytecliff beach. Test results released by the health authority on Monday show E.
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Vancouver Coastal Health is warning beach goers to stay out of the water at West Vancouver's Whytecliff Beach due to a spike in e.coli.

It may still be hot and dry out but Vancouver Coastal Health is warning residents not to cool off in the water at Whytecliff beach.

Test results released by the health authority on Monday show E. coli levels at Whytecliff are considered hazardous under Canadian Recreational Water Guidelines.

Samples taken from Whytecliff showed an average of 200 bacteria per 100 mililitres of water. By contrast, Ambleside and Dundarave were found to have only 23. Health Canada recommends that people not swim in water where the level has hit 200. The District of West Vancouver has placed signs cautioning beach goers.
Being exposed to high levels of E. coli, which is a naturally occurring bacteria found in human and animal fecal matter, can result in gastrointestinal illness and infection.

Vancouver Coastal Health updates their beach water quality results weekly.

Several of West Vancouver’s beaches were under an E.coli advisory for much of the summer of 2014. The exact cause was never found.