The Fairhope Times

Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com    Aloi, Orcutt addressing council.   OTHER SOURCES INDICATED Cody Aloi of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program presented the results of an experimental program that included using specially-trained dogs to find possible sewage spills in Fly Creek's watershed: they  did find four instances of the e-coli fecal bacteria, but no evidence it was of human origins . Traditional source tracking lab studies are very costly, so the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) has come up with an experimental new method: Cody Aloi in partnership with X & O Consulting's Paul Orcutt  are using specially-trained police dogs to help locate possible sewage leaks. (In 2011, Auburn biology professor Dr. Yuchneg Feng cited three possible sources for the bacteria: human, bovine, and bird -- and proposed DNA testing for confirmation; but that was never done due to its high cost - click .) Of 12 EPA laboratory tests of sampl...