Bacteria in Louisiana Beach Water

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Summer has arrived, and so have advisories about the water quality at the beach.

In Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Health Beach Monitoring Program tests water at 23 beach sites along the Louisiana coast to determine whether the water quality meets federal criteria.

Water samples are collected weekly during Louisiana's beach season between the months of May and October.

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[ultracajun]

Unless you're a pretty blonde girl you don't have to worry.

At least this is what Fox News has taught me.

[MarlinMan3]

Good thing name changed now that place will get cleaned up. Mexico let it get dirty on their watch

[Turbine]

Farmer dirt and fertilizer runoff is a contributer to this problem.

Silt from up north has been pouring into the Gulf forever, but modern plowing techniques have magnified the problem.

I cant wrap my brain around why some farmers plow right to, and over the edge of the ditch. Dirt is actually falling in the ditch as they plow.

All that dirt and fertilizer ends up in the gulf.

If you follow the link to the map you can see the silt pouring into the Gulf.

https://ladhh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w...effca7ef71a404

[NOCajun]

That's why I only go to beaches in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

[Big Tyme]

Farmer dirt and fertilizer runoff is a contributer to this problem.

Silt from up north has been pouring into the Gulf forever, but modern plowing techniques have magnified the problem.

I cant wrap my brain around why some farmers plow right to, and over the edge of the ditch. Dirt is actually falling in the ditch as they plow.

All that dirt and fertilizer ends up in the gulf.

If you follow the link to the map you can see the silt pouring into the Gulf.

https://ladhh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w...effca7ef71a404

Dirt and silt are not a huge problem. That is how we got most of our state! The issue is with the fertilizer runoff and runoff from hog farms. Check out 'dead zones' or 'hypoxic zones' in the Gulf of Mexico. Crazy, man-made problem.
https://mississippiriverdelta.org/le...ico-dead-zone/