High E. Coli Readings Traced to Faulty Pipe
A faulty pipe used by boaters to empty their sewage is the likely source of E. coli contamination at three waterfront areas, the city’s health officer said Thursday.
Dr. Darryl Sexton said water testing at Mother’s Beach, Marine Stadium and the Colorado Lagoon continued to show unsafe levels of the bacteria, and they remain closed for swimming. Contact with the water is what poses the potential health risk; the sand is safe to play or sunbathe on, he said.
The source, a broken pump-out station at the docks between Marine Stadium and Mother’s Beach, suggests an accidental dumping of waste, Sexton said.
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