Crypto Closes Popular Texas Lake For Ten Days
Burger's Lake, a popular waterhole in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was set to re-opened today after being closed since July 16 to clean up Cryptosporidium contamination.
According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram:
According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram:
Workers at the popular swimming hole have completed the hyperchlorinationprocess recommended by health officials, a park worker said. Hyperchlorination involves "shocking" the water with a concentrated dose of chlorine.
Health officials were expected to start testing the water at 6 a.m., according to a text message from owner Licurgus Mahan.
Tarrant County has 20 confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis, the newspaper says. Symptoms include diarrhea and nausea. Go here for more.If needed, fresh water will continue to be added until the chlorine level is safe for swimming, he said.
Is superchlorination really expected to remove crypto? Firstly it won't remove it and secondly unless very specialised techniques are used even if the chlorine had any effect (unlikely) then regular tests won't distinguish between live or dead oocysts
My son visited Burgers Lake on Aug 12, 2008. He has had diarrhea and nausea for (3) weeks. He was hospitalized on Thursday, Sept 18 were he was dainosed have having been contaminated with Crypto. He is being released today (Sept 23)from Mansfield Methodist.
The date on this article made it seem that Burgers Lake was safe by the time he visited it but it was not and may not be still. I recommend that the city do continual testing throughout the swim seaons.
Sorry to hear that Mr Knowles' son got sick. Crypto doesn't disappear within a few days. It can survive and remain infectious in water for months.
This lake is drained every year and cleaned throughly there will have to be new rules for swimming at Burgers Lake NO DIAPERS. We will be open Mothers day weekend. Mr. Knowles please call me 817 733 6339 I would like to speak to you.
We have found financing on new equipment Ozone will be used as well as 2 other layers of protection for any pathogen that would get in our water Ozone is excellent for us and will keep our water in great shape. Please do not swim if you have been sick or are sick in any public water. Ozone will eliminate anything read about it. we will open May the 9 th at 9 am.
I was planning a trip to burgers lake in may but I am afraid of myself or my children getting sick. How often is the lake tested for the crypto parasite? (and others!)
The water is described as 'filtered', I would have thought that to mean that crpto and e-coli could not be in it, but i guess that is not the case.
Mr Fricker--If hyperchlorination will not kill the parasite- what will?
Mr. Minton the lake is completley drained in October throughly cleaned then resanded May would be a great time or anytime as there is now a protection in place to eliminate the possiablilty of a Crypto infection the equipment is OZONE this will treat the water and kill Crypto we can not stay open if we have these issues again so we have invested in equipment to handle anything that gets in the water. Crypto will pass through all filters as well thats why pools have Crypto on a regular basis. However Ozone is the answer this will be installed 25th of April before it is filled.
Ozone could be an answer but is not necessarily. Dose and contact time are hugely important