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LOWQC Beach Posting Recommendations Lake Orono <br />Improvement <br />Association <br />~~~ <br />Lake Orono Beach Posting Concerns <br />Lake Orono has a reputation in the community as being a "dirty" lake. This perception is perpetuated by very restrictive <br />posting criteria <br />The MN Department of Health has a much less constrained recommendation posted on their website <br />LOWQC made contact with Colleen Paulus, Manager of Environmental Health <br />Services Minnesota Department of Health <br />MN Dept. of Health recommendations were established through a joint committee of the MN Dept. of Health, MN Pollution Control, and <br />the CDC <br />The recommendations are as follows: <br />"Although coliform bacteria themselves are not usually harmful, these bacteria can be associated with other disease causing <br />bacteria or parasites. In order to maintain healthy swimming beaches, the State of Minnesota established the following <br />recommendations: <br />1. The average of five swimming beach samples in a 30-day period should not exceed a count of more than 200 fecal coliform <br />bacteria cells per 100 mL of water. <br />2. No one sample should have a fecal coliform count greater than 1,000 bacteria colonies per 100 mL of water. If a sample <br />exceeds 1,000 bacteria colonies per 100 mL, consideration should be given to closing the swimming beach." <br />3. httpJ/www_health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/beaches/howsafe.html <br />It is the recommendation of the LOWQC that we adjust the Lake Orono Beach posting <br />criteria to align with the MN Dept. of Health recommendations <br />200 on one day <br />Average 200 over 30 days <br />or 1,000+ on one day <br />7 <br />Copyright ©2011 -Lake Orono Improvement Association, Inc. All Rights Reserved <br />