Public Swimming Advisory Issued Mobile Bay on Baldwin County’s Eastern Shore
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
August 16, 2025
FAIRHOPE, AL. The Alabama Department of Public Health is cautioning people against swimming in several areas of the Mobile Bay in Fairhope.
According to an ADPH news release, areas affected are Mobile Bay at the Orange Street Pier and Volanta Avenue and Weeks Bay at Camp Beckwith, all in Fairhope.
According to the ADPH, two tests confirmed that the swimming water quality in those areas was poor, meaning swimming in those areas could lead to “an increased risk of illness,” the release said.
According to the release, higher bacteria counts can happen following rainstorms because of “overflowing sewage collection and treatment facilities,” storm water runoff, malfunctioning septic systems and agricultural runoff, though no sewage spills have occurred.
The health department will continue to monitor the waters and will lift the advisory once the water is deemed safe, the release said.
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