Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton Harris, and Parks, Buildings and Recreation Management Director Tom Ashe are alerting the public that the beach area at Camp Wilder located on Parker Street is closed to the public. No swimming in the water at Camp Wilder is permitted until further notice.
The City of Springfield’s Department of Health and Human Services’ routine water sampling indicated an exceedance of permitted bacteria levels. The water will be retested on Monday. The water way and beach will remain closed until further notice.