Risky Recreation

The Joplin Globe, Risky Recreation- unsafe Levels of E. coli at area sites, Friday, May 28, 2010, reviews and compares this weeks water quality tests done in both Newton and Jasper County. The article states that 16 of 22 Newton Country (test) sites and 6 of 21 Jasper County sites had E.coli levels above the Federal limit of 235 colonies of E.coli per 100 milliliters of river water. Bob Kulp, Administrator of the Newton County Health Department and Tony Moehr, Director of the Jasper County Health Department, were both interviewed and quoted in the article.