The state Department of Health has closed Samish Bay temporarily due to high fecal coliform counts, halting commercial and recreational shellfish harvest. High bacteria counts were discovered as the ...

This hasn’t been a normal summer at Trout Lake in East Vancouver. On a hot day, “normal” usually means the beach at the lake’s south end in John Hendry Park is filled with kids entering the water, ...

MATTAPOISETT — The town's most popular harvesting area, Shining Tides, which surrounds the mouth of the Mattapoisett River, is closed to shellfishing after routine testing last month revealed high ...

Coliform Bacteria: Less than one total coliform organism per 100 ml of water. Non-coliform Bacteria: Concentrations less than 200 organisms per 100 ml of water considered acceptable as long as the ...

Santa Rosa officials are seeking the cause of high fecal bacteria counts found along a five-mile stretch of Santa Rosa Creek, a waterway whose banks are home to homeless people suspected to be among ...

The coliform counts in East False Creek are almost twice the level safe for swimming and wading in the water, tests show, with counts also inching up for Sunset Beach in English Bay. But Vancouver ...

The report revealed the presence of seven colonies per 100ml of water under Class I Presumptive Coliform Count (PCC), ...

3M Food Safety has launched an E. coli and coliform count plate to help food processors release products from inventory faster. The 3M Petrifilm Rapid E. coli/Coliform Count Plate is a two-in-one ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Officials have provided an update on a Midstate lake that closed recently due to an elevated count of bacteria. The Gifford State Pinchot Park previously announced on ...

Kerala’ s second largest river, Pampa, which the Ayyappa devotees across the globe consider holy, has turned into a pool of filth during the last lap of the just-concluded annual Makaravilakku pilgrim ...

Total Coliform (TC) count in Periyar River, a major source of drinking water for the region, has gone up by several hundred folds in the past eight years, raising questions on drinking water safety, ...