E. coli in Water Supply Prompts Advisory in New York Community
Residents of Green Acres Mobile Home Park in Hornellsville, New York will have to boil their water as a precaution against E. coli contamination, according to local news sources. The Steuben County Department of Public Health and Nursing Services issued the advisory this weekend after some of the park’s water tested positive for E. coli, which is a harmful pathogen that can cause serious health effects, especially to the elderly and children.
“Over the weekend, the health department did some testing and they did find E. coli in one portion of the park,” town supervisor Ken Isaman said. “They also discovered that not only is city water being used there, but one of the old wells is serving the park. But those wells were supposed to be discontinued when they started using city water … The whole park is under a boil water advisory.”
Underground piping may have leaks or be failing, Isaman told news sources, and there are repairs that need to be made by the trailer park operator and a whole new infrastructure will have to be put in place in the community of about 50 residents. Water tests indicated a lack of chlorine in the park’s water supply, meaning that well water, which shouldn’t have been used, was being used in place of city water, Isaman said.
E. coli Well Water Contamination
Elliot Olsen, an E. coli attorney has represented people sickened by E. coli contaminated well water. “Our client was a family living in a rental property in rural Iowa when their toddler became sick with E. coli from the property’s contaminated well water,” Olsen said. “She then developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, or E. coli HUS, and had to undergo extensive medical treatment. The effects of contaminated water can be just as serious as the effects of food poisoning, and well owners and operators need to understand that.”
Source:
http://www.eveningtribune.com/topstories/x2092794659/E-Coli-found-at-Green-Acres-trailer-park
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