The geometric mean of our three testing sites was 104.5 cfu/100ml, below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safe level of 126 cfu/100ml on August 9.
The readings for the three individual sites were as follows:
US 411 near Kingston: 107.1 cfu/100ml
Grizzard Park at the Rome Bypass near Rome 111.2 cfu/100ml
2nd Avenue in Rome: 95.9 cfu/100ml
Since May 3 when CRBI began the monitoring program, bacteria levels in the river have remained low with only one of 13 monitoring events exceeding the USEPA safe level of 126 cfu/100ml. Bacteria levels in the Etowah tend to increase after heavy rains when pollution washes off the surface of the land into the river and streams feeding the river.
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