E. coli Test results, 10/09/2008 below 235 limit

The Jasper County Health Department has posted the results of their 10/09/2008 water quality testing at seven locations on Spring River. Specifically, this is the number of Escherichia coli colonies per 100 milliliters of river water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that swimming and body contact is NOT recommended when the sample exceeds 235 E. coli colonies per 100 ml.
The sampling results for Spring River today, indicate that all seven of their test sites were below the EPA recommended limit of 235 E. coli colonies per 100 milliliters of river water.
NOTE: This will be the last scheduled water quality testing on Spring River until Spring 2009.

For further information, contact:
Jasper County Health Department
105 Lincoln
Carthage, MO 64836
417/358-3111
417/358-0494 (fax)
moehra@lpha.dhss.mo.gov (e-mail)
877-879-9131 (toll free)
8:30 - 4:30 (hours)

Spring River Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy Group

The Joplin Globe, Friday, September 19, 2008, reported that The Spring River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) group recently selected as a demonstration project, creating a wetland in Schermerhorn Park, which also is the location of the Southeast Kansas Nature Center. Shoal Creek flows into Spring River just west of Schermerhorn Park. Crystal Eisele, watershed coordinator with Southeast Kansas Resource Conservation and Development, and Carl Hayes, chairman of the Spring River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy group, are involved in the project.

Kansas group, federal agency work to restore Spring River w/ link to Cherokee County Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment The Joplin Globe, August 13, 2008

Body Contact NOT Recommended 09/18/2008

The Jasper County Health Department has posted the results of their 09/18/2008 water quality testing at seven locations on Spring River. Specifically, this is the number of Escherichia coli colonies per 100 milliliters of river water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that swimming and body contact is NOT recommended when the sample exceeds 235 E. coli colonies per 100 ml.

The 09/18/2008 test results (E. coli colonies per 100 ml) and locations are listed below:

Swimming and body contact is NOT recommended at these sites.
920.8, Spring River at County Road 3
517.2, Spring River at County Road 85
613.1, Spring River at Kellogg Lake
727.0, Spring River at Francis Street
308.8, Spring River at Quaker Mill, County Lane 216
249.5, Spring River at Kafir and State Line

For further information, contact:
Jasper County Health Department
105 Lincoln
Carthage, MO 64836
417/358-3111
417/358-0494 (fax)
moehra@lpha.dhss.mo.gov (e-mail)
877-879-9131 (toll free)
8:30 - 4:30 (hours)