DHEC issues swimming advisory for the Saluda River

By | July 17, 2017 at 8:27 PM EDT - Updated August 10 at 10:45 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control issued a swimming advisory for a portion of the Saluda River on Sunday.

The statement is in response to "higher than normal bacteria levels" at Saluda Shoals Park in Columbia.

The advisory says:

A section of the Saluda River at Saluda Shoals Park in Columbia has been placed under a swimming advisory, the Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.

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