July 22 E.Coli Results

West River Watershed cfu/100 ml
Milkhouse Meadows 276
Dummerston Bridge 91
Newfane Swim Hole 69
Brookline Bridge 63
Ellen Ware Road 80
Scott Covered Bridge 154
Jamaica State Park 6
South Londonderry 435
Winhall Hollow Swim Hole 248
Pikes Falls 62
Jamaica Town Center 93
Flood Brook /Hapgood 51

Williams River
Rockingham Trestle 156
Bartonsville 260
Chester WWTF 387
Rainbow Rock 387

Saxtons River
Sandy Beach Results for E.coli Bacteria 435
Saxtons River WWTF 461
Saxtons River Town Center 291

Whetstone Brook
Behind CoOp 1200
Dettman Drive 225

The Vermont State Standard for safe contact recreation is 77 colony forming units per mililiter
(cfu/ml). Results highlighted in red are above this level. The EPA standard is 235 cfu / ml. Results highlighted in brown are above this level.

E.coli bacteria occurs naturally in the digestive tract of mammals and is commonly found in feces. Its presence in streams and rivers is an indication of a point or non-point source pollutant.
Commonly, E.coli gets into streams and rivers through storm-water runoff from urban and agricultural areas. Most strains of the bacteria are harmless, though some can cause upper - respiratory or intestinal infections. E.coli bacteria is primarliy used as as indicator of other disease causing organisms that are also transmitted through the digestive tracts of mammals, such as salmonella.

Please email the West River
Watershed Alliance at wrwa.vt@gmail.com
if you have any questions or concerns.