Factoid/2002/10/17
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Fecal and Total Coliform Bacteria and Beach Water Testing
- "Both the EPA and the National Technical Advisory Committee have dismissed total coliform as an inaccurate indicator. Similarly, a recent scientific study of gastroenteritis among bathers in Britain found that out of a range of possible indicator bacteria (including total and fecal coliform but not including enterococcus), only fecal streptococcus (which may be a subset of enterococcus) was an accurate indicator for gastroenteritis... The recent Santa Monica Bay study supported the finding that neither fecal nor total coliform is by itself an accurate indicator but also found that the ratio of total to fecal coliform was the best indicator of gastroenteritis-related illness." (Excerpt from Natural Resource's Defense Council's publication, "Testing the Waters, Vol. XII" at http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/chap2.asp#table5 )
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