The causes of fecal bacteria in coastal and inland waters vary depending on the region. Here's what to know.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than half of U.S. beaches have fecal contaminated water that exceeds EPA standards. (Illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo; ...

DOH sent out a press release June 25, saying that water quality conditions have improved there enough to allow the public to be in the water again.

There's gross, and then there's..... GROSS! This story deals with the latter. Fecal contamination of our beaches may not be the topic we want to think about, but with tens of millions of people ...