Less than a week after a ruptured sewer line was reported, Lake Wildwood has been cleared for recreation. Over a-thousand gallons spilled into the lake. The first set of water samples taken at five different locations showed initial fecal coliform levels at around 1600 per one-hundred milliliters. But Nevada County Environmental Health Director Amy Irani says after a second sample was taken, the numbers had dropped below 100…
Irani says the major drop in levels was expected….
Irani says there was never a serious health concern, but precautions must always be taken. She says cause of the rupture was likely wear and tear and it was repaired quickly.
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