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I think WarrenPhear’s comment on the Argus Endorser’s forum sez it best;
…While the city was aware it was a big contributor of bacteria to the Big Sioux River, Kappel said officials weren’t aware how significant a problem it is.
“The city is out there, progressively working on task. We are aware of our impacts, and we take them seriously,” Kappel said. “We will continue working toward those things. WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURSES. I think we will prudently use the funds that are available to us to improve the water quality.”…
Gee, I wonder why? The city earmarked a million dollars of “limited resources” to indoctrinate us on the need for an EC, yet opened the sh1tgates when the clouds opened up every two weeks for those once a century downpours.
And this study was done BEFORE they opened the shitgates. Can you imagine what the bacteria levels are now?
When your expertise is credit card tycoon why should you care about public health? Credit card slips from people who can’t afford $100 events tickets is much more important.
I got a little ill after reading this story. A few years back, before they started putting sewage in the river, Sodapop and I would go for a walk, and he would always jump in the river at Falls Park, the past few years he would sniff it, and sneeze and walk off. Now we know why. To Hell with $700,000 studies, let’s get some pooches on the case.
In the opinion of one who used to swim and dive at the Falls as a kid – the real issues THERE come from almost all of the Big Sioux being diverted through the channel and over the concrete spillway, and being replaced by almost entirely Skunk Creek water. Take a walk along the “river” channel West of Elmwood sometime in Summer. There are numerous creeks around here that carry far more volume of water. A significant stream is pumped into the “river” at the quarries – probably btwice as much to the “natural” flow there. As it passes increasing nukmbers of strom sewer inflows, it picks up some volumn. It’s only when Skunk Creek flows in that it begins to look like an actual river again.
I found this story quite amusing. I am taking Microbiology up at SDSU this semester and we cultured a sample of water taken from falls park. Not sure when the sample was collected, but I assume it was fairly recent, within 30 days. Needless to say the coliform count was off the charts, above a probable number of 5600 per 100 ml (it is safe to BOAT in water with no more than 300 coliforms per 100 ml). I wouldn’t touch the stuff. No wonder Sodapop avoids it like the plague.
Wait a second…. I thought we were only supposed to care about the water that was above the water treatment plant intake. Let Iowa worry about where it goes from here.
/sarcasm.
Did we just determine why Northwest Iowa always smells just a little funky?
Costner – you’ve gotta get around Iowa a little more – the whole danged state smells like that.
Sioux Falls makes India look like a first world nation.
With less curry, of course.