Officials warned the public to stay away from water this weekend near a popular resort on Lake Tahoe’s south shore after finding a “high level” of E. coli bacteria after finding a “high level” of “high level” of the sewage leak on Friday.
Water quality samples collected near Richardson Camp showed elevated levels E. colicommonly known as E. coli, according to Tahoe Basin Management Department of the United States Forest Service.
The Forest Service said the resort had a sewer line inspection after E. coli was detected and repairs were started.
“Although no disease has been reported, the public should avoid recreational waters where E. coli have been tested and found,” the Forest Service said in a family. Press release.
The Forest Service recommends swimmers, paddlers and boatmen water from Jameson Beach to Valhalla’s boathouse in South Lake Tahoe, although the levels in samples collected near the boathouse and sample test results at Jameson Beach did not exceed state standards.
Lake Tahoe sees one of California’s most popular summer destinations Officials on the beach on its north shore Last summer, a private contractor overflowed after drilling through a sewer pipe in Carnelian Bay 85,000 gallons Primitive sewage enters Lake Tahoe.
The Rahontan Regional Water Quality Control Commission investigated the incident, and last month the Galtrand and North Tahoe Utilities agreed to pay $850,000 fine.
In South Tahoe, Forest Services’ Tahoe Basin Management Department said Friday that testing on nearby coastlines did not indicate elevated bacterial levels. No effect on Pope Beach and Baldwin Beach.
According to the Forest Service, officials are collecting and analyzing water samples from Richardson Camp and the eastern and western areas of the resort, and they will advise the public if they need to take other precautions or if normal activities are safely resumed.
