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Return to How To Contaminate Public Water The following photographs were taken UPSTREAM of the water treatment plant near Cleveland (WCWA = White County Water Authority). They were taken on the banks of the creek, which feeds into that water treatment plant. This is a legally designated "Protected" area to safeguard drinking water quality, yet there are all sorts of violations on a regular basis as seen in these photos.
These cattle have fecal material on their sides and rumps, probably from diarrhea, and very possibly could be carrying cryptosporidium and definitely are depositing E. coli in their fecal material which then washes into the nearby stream.
Because of their proximity to the creek and to the water treatment plant they increase the risk of the public becoming ill from water borne diseases. And all this is happening to people who are not even aware of what is being done to them, so if they were to become ill, they would not know where it is coming from or why.
In cases such as this, people cannot report that they became ill from a water-borne disease, because they have no idea that they were even at risk. This is one of the reasons that waterborne illnesses so often go unreported. Current measures being taken to eliminate disease-causing organisms from our water supply are inadequate to protect us from all water borne diseases - no matter what you are told to the contrary.
Providing a watering trough and fencing to prevent cattle from entering streams would, if nothing else, make the water healthier, cleaner, and safer for everyone to DRINK and use. Some people will ask "What's the big deal? We've been doing it like this for years and nothing has ever happened". We also used to split wood with an axe, to drive without seat belts, and to die of smallpox. Our knowledge today says practices we see above are unsafe, unhealthy, and dangerous to our children's health and we think it is important enough to encourage making changes.
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