Fairhope, Alabama
COMBINATION OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL
A 3 month long preliminary study conducted by Auburn University biology professor Dr. Yucheng Feng has confirmed that the fecal bacterial pollution (enterococcus) that causes frequent closings of Fairhope beach waters originates from both human and animal sources. Feng said that storm-water runoff into the bay, gullies and creeks after heavy rainfall events (9 separate sites were monitored) produced spikes in the fecal bacterial concentrations; and the duck ponds are also implicated since they routinely register very high bacteria concentrations as well.
Test results also indicated the bacteria may exist independently in some of the sediment under the water, according to Feng.
Dr. Feng: "Since we observed high enterococci counts after rain events ... we think that storm-water, surface runoff, and the duck pond contribute to the fecal contamination at the municipal beach. There is a presence of human contamination ... in addition ... other animal waste in the storm-water runoff also contribute."
(Publisher's Note: Additional phases of testing may be conducted to help pinpoint the exact sources.)
A 3 month long preliminary study conducted by Auburn University biology professor Dr. Yucheng Feng has confirmed that the fecal bacterial pollution (enterococcus) that causes frequent closings of Fairhope beach waters originates from both human and animal sources. Feng said that storm-water runoff into the bay, gullies and creeks after heavy rainfall events (9 separate sites were monitored) produced spikes in the fecal bacterial concentrations; and the duck ponds are also implicated since they routinely register very high bacteria concentrations as well.
Test results also indicated the bacteria may exist independently in some of the sediment under the water, according to Feng.
Dr. Feng: "Since we observed high enterococci counts after rain events ... we think that storm-water, surface runoff, and the duck pond contribute to the fecal contamination at the municipal beach. There is a presence of human contamination ... in addition ... other animal waste in the storm-water runoff also contribute."
(Publisher's Note: Additional phases of testing may be conducted to help pinpoint the exact sources.)
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