Closed! Bacteria Levels In Greenwood Lake Are 10X Above State Health Standard
Greenwood Lake is New Jersey’s fourth to contain a harmful algae bloom this summer.
Bacteria levels from the HAB are nearly 10 times higher than the state health standard, water samples taken Monday show.
Cyanobacteria levels from the New Jersey side of the lake were 212,000 cells per milliliter (state standard is 20,000 cells per milliliter), DEP lab results show.
The lowest sample taken showed 90,000 cells per milliliter, and that was taken from the middle section of the lake.
The northern section showed 61,000 and Browns Point, a park on the West Milford lake, was 148,000.
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Warwick Driver Among Three Seriously Injured When Teen Tries Passing Car, Crashes Into Traffic
Three people, including an Orange County resident, were hospitalized with serious injuries sustained in a head-on crash in Jefferson, New Jersey, authorities said.
Naiomy Rivera, 18 of Somerset, was headed eastbound on Berkshire Valley Road when she attempted to pass another car, striking a 2015 Honda CRV headed westbound head on around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jefferson Police Sgt. Joseph Kratzel said.
Rivera, her 15-year-old passenger and the 29-year-old Honda driver from Warwick were all taken to Saint Clare's Denville and Dover with serious injuries, Kratzel said.
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