Here's a shocker
Bradford Beach was the city of Milwaukee's dirtiest beach:
"[I]f you took a swim on any given day last summer at any of the city's beaches you had a better than 50-50 chance of dousing yourself with E. coli - a type of bacteria commonly linked with fecal material - at potentially unhealthy levels."
Gotta love those percentages.
According to the article, affixing blame is difficult for scientists. Well, I am pretty sure I know one place to start:
"[T]he Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District dumped at least 1.7 billion gallons of untreated sewage during heavy May 2004 rainstorms, according to its most recent estimates."
Here is always a great sign:
"Through Monday, all Milwaukee beaches were posted good for swimming."
I think I would take my chances with the blue-green algae elsewhere in the state.
1 comment:
Milwaukee has a beach ? Does anybody ever go there ? I thought you just drank all the time, ate cheese and watched That 70's show reruns.
Just Kidding
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