Salmon Arm Observer, September 21, 2012

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Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 23 No. 38 Friday, September 21, 2012

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Two Blind Bay beaches were re-opened last Friday after e-coli levels dropped back down to acceptable levels, but the incident is renewing concern over water quality in Shuswap Lake. Interior Health recommended the beaches be closed early last week following a huge and sudden spike in e-coli counts – to 3,000 colony forming units. By late last week, e-coli levels were back in acceptable ranges of 28 in the sandy portion of the beach and five in the pebble area. Federal guidelines require reporting to health authorities if recreational water values exceed 400 e-coli colony forming units. Interior Health Protection team leader Jen Jacobsen said the likely culprit in the e-coli spike was goose feces. Jacobsen says the geese are often in greater numbers at this time of year, congregating prior to their annual migration. But Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process (SLIPP) officials are still planning to keep a close eye on the situation in a measurable way. While regular weekly water samples would indicate the presence of e-coli, they do not reveal whether the strain is from animal or human sources, or if it is deadly 0157:H7 of the Walkerton tragedy. SLIPP is now sampling the Blind Bay area for the source of e-coli. See E-coli on page 2

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