By GREGG MONTGOMERY
WISH-TV | wishtv.com
Water testing done Friday found high levels of E. coli at four sites in Fishers.
Fishers Health Department listed the four sites:
- Fall Creek at Hamilton County Parks and Recreation’s Geist Park, 10800 Florida Road, where the creek first comes into the Hamilton County city.
- Fall Creek at the Canal Place neighborhood, 14400 Geist Ridge Drive, where the creek starts to empty into Geist Reservoir.
- Geist Reservoir at 10999 Olio Road, the Geist Boat Ramp.
- White River at 6100 Wahpihani Drive, the ramp into the river at 116th Street.
Since the high levels were recorded Friday, all but Fall Creek at Geist Park have returned to satisfactory levels, according to the health department’s website.
High levels of E. coli often happened after periods of heavy rainfall, high heat, or a combination of the two.
- coli in water is a strong indicator of sewage or animal waste contamination, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says. The bacteria normally live in the intestines of healthy people and animals, but a few strains can cause several stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting.
The health department noted that water quality at Geist Waterfront Park, which sits east of the Geist Boat Ramp, was deemed safe.
This story was originally published by WISH-TV at wishtv.com/news/health-spotlight/e-coli-decreases-at-3-of-4-sites-in-fishers-found-with-high-levels.
You have the inmates guarding the jail. Why not have a third party do the monitoring? Like Hamilton County Health Dept ot State Board of Health? This would exclude the potential for bias in the testing and reporting of elevated ecoli levels. Fishers has been known to hide negative news
Fishers Geist park covered bridge.
All that $ for fancy bridge and no SAFE way for kayakers and fishermen to launch from the park ramp. Would a kayak launch have been too much for the budget?