2009 Bacteriological Sampling in Eleven Mile Creek and Perdido Bay using Coliscan MF
A fecal coliform count of over 200 bacteria/100 mls of water indicates the water may be unsafe for swimming.
A total coliform count over 2,400 bacteria/100 mls of water indicates swimming may be unsafe
Papermills and sugar producers discharge large amounts of organic matter which are degraded by bacteria. Many of these bacteria are in the coliform family. A pathogenic bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, is a coliform and associated with wastes of high organic content.
| Perdido Bay above Lillian Bridge- Millview, FL; 30 24 50N/87 22 23W | |||||
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| DATE - 2009 | Fecal Coliform - #/100 mls water | Total Coliform - #/100 mls water | Water Temperature - °F | Salinity - PPT | Observations |
| March 25, 2009 | 1,200 | 3,500 | 72 | 7.5 | Water sample taken before heavy rains began |
| April 5, 2009 | 3,000 | 11,800 | 74 | 0 | Water is very brown |
| April 29, 2009 | 11,500 | 17,000 | 84 | 2 | Water is still very brown and turbid |
| June 10, 2009 | 1,700 | 6,300 | 91 | 0 | Water is very brown and turbid and hot |
| June 18, 2009 | 300 | 2,200 | 92 | 0 | Water is very turbid and hot |
| July 9, 2009 | 400 | 4,600 | 88 | 7 | Water is turbid and scumy |
| July 31, 2009 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 86 | 6 | Water is turbid, scumy, and smells bad |
| August 6,2009 | 12,400 | 12,500 | 91 | 4 | Water is turbid and smells bad |
| August 16, 2009 | 5,300 | 8,100 | 88 | 12 | Water is turbid and dark |
| September 2, 2009 | 5,200 | 8,800 | 81 | 6 | Water is turbid and dark |
| September 15, 2009 | 5,200 | 22,800 | 85 | 14 | Water is turbid,dark and nasty |
| October 7, 2009 | 3,000 | 4,800 | 86 | 6 | Water is turbid and dark |
| November 9, 2009 | 8,000 | 8,800 | 68 | 14 | Sample was taken before Ida hit |
| Eleven mile Creek (Papermill creek) | |||||
| August 7, 2009 | 17,800 | 21,200 | 86 | 1 | This sample taken at the mouth. Water is extremely turbid and smells terrible |
| August 7, 2009 | 29,600 | 29,600 | 82 | 0 | Sample taken 1 mile north of mouth. Water is extremely turbid and smells terrible. The creek is lifeless |
| Perdido River | |||||
| DATE - 2009 | Fecal Coliform - #/100 mls water | Total Coliform - #/100 mls water | Water Temperature - °F | Observations | August 7, 2009 | 7,000 | 9,100 | 82 | Water is more turbid than usual |
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