KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (WNCN) — Days after a precautionary swimming advisory was issued for a stretch of ocean-side water in Dare County, a swimming advisory was issued for a different part of the Outer Banks county.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality said the advisory against swimming is for a sound-side site in Colington Harbour, which is at the end of Colington Drive in Kill Devil Hills.

The advisory is in place due to the discovery of "bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state's and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality standards," according to a news release.

The state agency measures the amount of enterococci, which can be a sign that other "disease-causing organisms" may also be present in the tested waters.

"People swimming or

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