Quit Pooping In The Finley.

[vonreed]

It's not the geese that's the problem. I just floated the Finley yesterday and didn't see a single goose. Of course there's some around the park in Ozark all the time, but I doubt they are polluting the whole river. It's Ozark and Nixa who are the culprits. I wouldn't really blame any livestock in the water for that matter, but if you include runoff then that might be the problem. I'm sure RSbreth would know better possibly, but I've never seen a huge problem with cows in the river on the Finley.

[Wayne SW/MO]

The most common culprit that comes up in these cases is populated areas that were developed decades ago and they are all on septic systems, old septics eventually leak. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of it is coming from the lake.

[RSBreth]

There are some cows on the banks along the drainage - but I think it may be something else - these are all accesses that people splash around in so they're checked often by the health departments. Other streams may also have pretty high levels, too - it's just not reported in the paper as often.

I do know I'm not filling my water bottle directly from the Finley - but I'm not doing that from the North Fork of the White, either.

[Terrierman]

no mention of the cities of Ozark and Nixa? both dump in the Finley......

Below the sampling point. Today's testing can tell you what animal the e-coli came from. I'm betting geese based on the sample point being the park in Ozark.

[Terrierman]

It's not the geese that's the problem. I just floated the Finley yesterday and didn't see a single goose. Of course there's some around the park in Ozark all the time, but I doubt they are polluting the whole river. It's Ozark and Nixa who are the culprits. I wouldn't really blame any livestock in the water for that matter, but if you include runoff then that might be the problem. I'm sure RSbreth would know better possibly, but I've never seen a huge problem with cows in the river on the Finley.

Sir, the sample point was the park in Ozark, upstream of Ozark and Nixa's wastewater treatment plant outfalls.

[Terrierman]

If the contamination is human based, the most likely area is Linden.

[Wayne SW/MO]

If the contamination is human based, the most likely area is Linden.

I would imagine some of the systems there are older than most.

[vonreed]

Sir, the sample point was the park in Ozark, upstream of Ozark and Nixa's wastewater treatment plant outfalls.

I would have to say that testing the e-coli level at the park would be an inaccurate example of the whole river. It is overpopulated with ducks and geese and has lots of stagnant water behind the dam.

[Terrierman]

I would have to say that testing the e-coli level at the park would be an inaccurate example of the whole river. It is overpopulated with ducks and geese and has lots of stagnant water behind the dam.

The point of testing at the park and at the two accesses on the James is to sample where people are most likely to be in the water on a holiday weekend, not to characterize water quality. It was the Christian County Health Department doing the testing and reporting, not MDC or even MDNR.

[jdmidwest]

My lines are experiencing some problems this year. Seems like the drought last year created some settling and they sunk in one spot. When it rehydrated, there is a little seeping. I have had to haul in some fill dirt to plug the leak. The lines are about 15 years old now and worked well so far even with the clay loess we have here.

The article did not seem to point at any source. LOZ has been because of overdevelopment and poor septic. Local issues around here have been livestock or geese. Last year was bad due to low volumes of flow not really flushing out normal systems.