Virginia slipped to 12th from fourth out of the 30 states ranked for clean beach water in an annual report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"Testing the Waters 2010: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches," released Tuesday, ranks coastal and Great Lakes states. States collect measurements of bacteria in beach water, which the environmental group compares to create the rankings.
Dan Horne, an environmental health supervisor for the Virginia Department of Public Health, said bacteria levels were unusually high in 2010 but he did not know why.
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