LIHU‘E — The Blue Water Task Force has released its April test results.
LIHU‘E — The Blue Water Task Force has released its April test results.
The task force is operated by the Kaua‘i chapter of the nonprofit Surfrider Foundation. Each month, the group tests water samples collected from local rivers, streams and surf breaks for fecal-indicating enterococcus bacteria.
Enterococci bacteria come from warm-blooded animals, like humans, cattle, pigs, dogs, cats, rats and birds. Cesspool leakage into the groundwater and thus into the streams is a likely cause of some of the sites’ contamination, the task force stated in a press release.
This month, the task force noted that it had been raining the night before and during sampling.
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Did you test “Mahaulepu stream” area? Kekaha area? Hanapepe river? these are important to know too.. Thank you Surfrider for your work..
Those sites are not being tested. There are not enough volunteers.
With the road closure Waiopili stream is far and for years chronically polluted, unlikely to change.
The State tests 6 sites through DOH Clean Water Branch.
do you folks know why Waiopili Stream is so polluted?