By Donita Naylor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fort Adams State Park Beach in Newport has been closed to swimming because of high bacteria counts in the water.
Fort Adams joins the following beaches that are closed because of poor water quality: Narragansett Town Beach, North Kingstown Town Beach, and Barrington Town Beach, as well as City Park Beach, Oakland Beach, Conimicut Point Beach and Goddard Memorial State Park Beach in Warwick.
During beach season, the R.I. Department of Health's beach monitoring program routinely tests water quality at all state beaches. For up-to-date information about beach use, call (401) 222-2751 or visit health.ri.gov/news/beaches/ to use the health department's interactive beach map.