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Texas beaches have unsafe levels of fecal bacteria, report finds
There's so much poop along the Texas Coast, swimming could make you sick, new report says
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:52 am
Environmental advocates estimate 57 million Americans contract a waterborne illness every year. And it’s likely that many don’t notice because the symptoms are similar to the flu or COVID-19.
Texas has a dirty water problem, and there are three main contributors, according to the 2021 Safe for Swimming report from Environment Texas Research and Policy Center: buildings and concrete pavement of natural areas, leaking city sewer systems and large livestock farms.
Sick after going to the beach? Experts say it could be poop in the water.
In 2020, 55 out of 61 Texas beaches tested by environmental regulators were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day that year, according to Safe for Swimming?, an annual report issued by Environment Texas Research and Policy Center.
Texas beaches as a whole were mostly worse than the national average, with 82 percent of the 220 beaches tested in the state being listed as "potentially unsafe" on at least one day last year, according to the Environment America report.
According to Texas public health officials, swimming in contaminated waters can cause serious illnesses, including gastrointestinal illness, respiratory disease, or ear and eye infections. Cole Park's beach tested positive for fecal contamination on 62 separate days in 2020, the highest of any location in Texas.
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John Rumpler, Environment America's senior director of the group's clean water campaign, told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday that symptoms of nausea and skin rashes can appear 24 hours after swimming in such contaminated ocean or fresh waters.
"Each year in the U.S., people contract an estimated 57 million cases of recreational waterborne illness from swimming in oceans, lakes, rivers and ponds," the report co-authors noted.
"To be blunt, sewage means poop," Rumpler said Monday.
For its analysis, Environment Texas examined whether fecal indicator bacteria levels exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s most protective “Beach Action Value.” That level is associated with an estimated illness rate of 32 out of every 1,000 swimmers.
And in case we need to spell it out for folks who slept through biology class, "fecal" means the bacteria found in the tests came from shyt. Eww.
Several beaches along Texas' Gulf Coast have "potentially unsafe" water quality, with much of the contamination stemming from fecal matter and sewage system runoff, an environmental report released this week found. Above, people sunbathe on the beach after it was reopened on May 1, 2020, in Galveston, Texas.
Cole Park Beach in Corpus Christi had bacteria levels above this safety threshold on 91% of days tested last year, according to the report. It also identified Ropes Park Beach, Surfside Beach, Sylvan Beach Park, Follet’s Island Beach, Corpus Christi, Quintana Beach, Sargent Beach, Jetty Park Beach and Nueces Bay Causeway Beach #3 as the other most unsafe beaches last year.
Environment Texas' report calls for infrastructure upgrades to prevent sewage overflows and prevent runoff pollution.
Last month, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a proposal that would authorize funding to stop sewage overflows and set aside a portion of the money for green projects.
“Even as Texans are back to enjoying the fresh sea breeze and splash of waves at the beach, pollution is still plaguing too many of the places where we swim," Environment Texas Executive Director Luke Metzger said in a written statement. "Now is the time to fix our water infrastructure and stop the flow of pathogens to our beaches.”
"There are signs here about lifeguards and rip currents, but there is nothing about poop in the water...this beach and several others didn't do very well," CBS DFW reporter Jacob Rascon said in a Monday report that highlighted the Environment America data.
Other states with beaches that showed an usually high concentration of fecal matter included Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio and Oregon.
Rumper said an improvement to water infrastructure is needed because developers and urban sprawl has "paved over so much of the landscape that when we have heavy rains, the water has nowhere to go. That heavy rain is picking up bacteria, grease, oil, toxic chemicals and sweeping it all off into the sewage system, causing an overflow."
Texas beaches have unsafe levels of fecal bacteria, report finds
There's so much poop along the Texas Coast, swimming could make you sick, new report says
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:52 am
- According to a new report, 55 out of 61 Texas beaches tested by environmental regulators were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day.
Environmental advocates estimate 57 million Americans contract a waterborne illness every year. And it’s likely that many don’t notice because the symptoms are similar to the flu or COVID-19.
- Courtesy Image / Environment Texas
Texas has a dirty water problem, and there are three main contributors, according to the 2021 Safe for Swimming report from Environment Texas Research and Policy Center: buildings and concrete pavement of natural areas, leaking city sewer systems and large livestock farms.
Sick after going to the beach? Experts say it could be poop in the water.
In 2020, 55 out of 61 Texas beaches tested by environmental regulators were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day that year, according to Safe for Swimming?, an annual report issued by Environment Texas Research and Policy Center.
Texas beaches as a whole were mostly worse than the national average, with 82 percent of the 220 beaches tested in the state being listed as "potentially unsafe" on at least one day last year, according to the Environment America report.
According to Texas public health officials, swimming in contaminated waters can cause serious illnesses, including gastrointestinal illness, respiratory disease, or ear and eye infections. Cole Park's beach tested positive for fecal contamination on 62 separate days in 2020, the highest of any location in Texas.
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John Rumpler, Environment America's senior director of the group's clean water campaign, told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday that symptoms of nausea and skin rashes can appear 24 hours after swimming in such contaminated ocean or fresh waters.
"Each year in the U.S., people contract an estimated 57 million cases of recreational waterborne illness from swimming in oceans, lakes, rivers and ponds," the report co-authors noted.
"To be blunt, sewage means poop," Rumpler said Monday.
For its analysis, Environment Texas examined whether fecal indicator bacteria levels exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s most protective “Beach Action Value.” That level is associated with an estimated illness rate of 32 out of every 1,000 swimmers.
And in case we need to spell it out for folks who slept through biology class, "fecal" means the bacteria found in the tests came from shyt. Eww.
Several beaches along Texas' Gulf Coast have "potentially unsafe" water quality, with much of the contamination stemming from fecal matter and sewage system runoff, an environmental report released this week found. Above, people sunbathe on the beach after it was reopened on May 1, 2020, in Galveston, Texas.
Cole Park Beach in Corpus Christi had bacteria levels above this safety threshold on 91% of days tested last year, according to the report. It also identified Ropes Park Beach, Surfside Beach, Sylvan Beach Park, Follet’s Island Beach, Corpus Christi, Quintana Beach, Sargent Beach, Jetty Park Beach and Nueces Bay Causeway Beach #3 as the other most unsafe beaches last year.
Environment Texas' report calls for infrastructure upgrades to prevent sewage overflows and prevent runoff pollution.
Last month, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a proposal that would authorize funding to stop sewage overflows and set aside a portion of the money for green projects.
“Even as Texans are back to enjoying the fresh sea breeze and splash of waves at the beach, pollution is still plaguing too many of the places where we swim," Environment Texas Executive Director Luke Metzger said in a written statement. "Now is the time to fix our water infrastructure and stop the flow of pathogens to our beaches.”
"There are signs here about lifeguards and rip currents, but there is nothing about poop in the water...this beach and several others didn't do very well," CBS DFW reporter Jacob Rascon said in a Monday report that highlighted the Environment America data.
Other states with beaches that showed an usually high concentration of fecal matter included Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio and Oregon.
Rumper said an improvement to water infrastructure is needed because developers and urban sprawl has "paved over so much of the landscape that when we have heavy rains, the water has nowhere to go. That heavy rain is picking up bacteria, grease, oil, toxic chemicals and sweeping it all off into the sewage system, causing an overflow."
. Texas got all that money and cheap as fukk regarding infrastructure and putting money back in the state 
damn
can I be your Coli cash beneficiary?
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