 Now, Emily Griffin with North Country News, WATN. The start of summer is bad timing for an E. coli problem at the beach. Southwick and Westgate Beach State Parks were both closed earlier this week due to high amounts of E. coli in the water. On Tuesday, Southwick Beach was five times the standard and Westgate was double the standard. As of yesterday, Westgate was able to reopen as numbers returned to normal, but Southwick remained well over the limit.