You can resume swimming once again at Lakewood Park in Waterbury after test levels showed bacteria levels in the water have returned to normal.
The park has been closed to swimming three times to swimming this summer and one Waterbury alderman told NBC Connecticut geese might be part of the problem.
“You can actually smell the turds as the wind blows,” said Alderman Vernon Matthews (R - District 2).
Matthews said the park has issues with bacteria levels every single year.
The city’s public works department said the water is tested twice a week and the sand is raked several times a day to help manage goose droppings. Coyote decoys, bitter grass planted next to the beach, noise-makers, and strobe lights haven’t been a successful deterrent for the birds.
Leaders are exploring other options to control the problem.
