Swimming advisory lifted for Kelso Beach at Nawash Park – August 28, 2025 (on behalf of Grey Bruce Public Health)

Grey Bruce Public Health has lifted the swim advisory for Kelso Beach at Nawash Park after receiving take a look at outcomes from a brand new collection of seaside water samples that present bacterial ranges have returned to inside Ontario Ministry of Health pointers for secure swimming/bathing.

“We would like to thank the residents of the City of Owen Sound and visitors to Kelso Beach for respecting the advisory. Beaches are posted as unsafe when bacterial levels in the water could pose a risk to human health,” says GBPH Senior Public Health Manager Andrew Barton.

Public Health, in session with the City of Owen Sound, had posted Kelso Beach at Nawash Park as unsafe for swimming on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

The resolution was made after GBPH acquired lab affirmation that water samples from the seaside had bacterial ranges exceeding Ontario’s leisure water high quality guideline of a most of 200 E. Coli per 100 milliliters of water.

People who swim, play in, or use seaside water with excessive bacterial ranges are at an elevated danger of getting sick or getting an an infection.

Even if a seaside shouldn’t be formally posted as unsafe for swimming, Grey Bruce Public Health advises individuals to make use of their greatest judgment earlier than taking a dip or permitting kids or pets to swim or play within the water. Water high quality can change from everyday and even hour to hour relying on the climate and different circumstances.

Do not swim or play in seaside water inside 48 hours of heavy rainfall, if the water is so cloudy that you simply can not see your toes at waist-deep, or if there’s numerous birds or algae within the water.

For More Information:

To join with the Medical Officer of Health or this system supervisor, please contact:

Grey Bruce Public Health,
519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456,
Communications@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca