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Yeah..they always just say "e-coli is a bacteria found in the digestive system of warm blooded animals". They never outright say it's from humans but the only warm blooded animals with that much contact in the swimming areas are humans. The last time I went swimming at Falls I swore I would never go back in that water (Jordan either) I was just so grossed out. I watched dozens and dozens of naked and un-diapered kids in and out of that all day. I watched kids puke in the water, pee in the water, throw hamburgers and hot dogs in the water, take off diapers in the water...blech.
While that stuff does all sound gross, it is not that significant in terms to polluting those lakes compared to the massive about of polluted runoff and wastewater that get released upstream into them annually.
Yeah..they always just say "e-coli is a bacteria found in the digestive system of warm blooded animals". They never outright say it's from humans but the only warm blooded animals with that much contact in the swimming areas are humans. The last time I went swimming at Falls I swore I would never go back in that water (Jordan either) I was just so grossed out. I watched dozens and dozens of naked and un-diapered kids in and out of that all day. I watched kids puke in the water, pee in the water, throw hamburgers and hot dogs in the water, take off diapers in the water...blech.
I guarantee you there are plenty of animals that come into contact with the water. I've seen cows in the eno, drinking out of one end and crapping out the other. They at least had the sense to face upstream. All the major tributaries (Eno, Flat, Little) run through farm land and significant numbers of cattle graze along the stream.
Yeah..they always just say "e-coli is a bacteria found in the digestive system of warm blooded animals". They never outright say it's from humans but the only warm blooded animals with that much contact in the swimming areas are humans. The last time I went swimming at Falls I swore I would never go back in that water (Jordan either) I was just so grossed out. I watched dozens and dozens of naked and un-diapered kids in and out of that all day. I watched kids puke in the water, pee in the water, throw hamburgers and hot dogs in the water, take off diapers in the water...blech.
Most of "it" comes from runoff from the areas surrounding the lakes. Animals poop on the ground. LOTS of them. Then these nightly showers that we have, wash the poop into the water.
With that said, those beach areas are nasty. I have no problem swimming in the deeper waters of the lake that are only accessible with a boat. But I avoid those beaches.
The hamburgers, hotdogs and vomit are no issue really. The catfish love that stuff and will have it gone in a matter of hours.
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