ISSUES: Looking back on high coliform levels in the St. Croix River. Has anything changed?


Scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli

In 2003, levels at some drainages into the river were thousands of times higher than acceptable levels!19 years later … has anything changed?

TAKE NOTE: THE MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE LEVEL IS ≤ 200 E. coli /100 mL

Coliforms and E Coli St. Croix 2003 copy (2)

LEARN MORE AT: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/canada/health-canada/migration/healthy-canadians/publications/healthy-living-vie-saine/water-recreational-recreative-eau/alt/pdf/water-recreational-recreative-eau-eng.pdf

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