 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 Wescott 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 Wescott was double the standard. As of yesterday, Wescott was able to reopen as numbers returned to normal, but Southwick remained well over the limit.