WARNING OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OUTBREAK AT LOCAL POOL
August 30, 2006
9News.com (Denver, CO)
Jeffrey Wolf
LONE TREE - The Tri-County Health Department is warning people of an outbreak of a bacterium called Cryptosporidium that may be from a pool at the Lone Tree Recreation Center.
The pool was closed because 12 people who went to a birthday party at the center last week came down with diarrhea and stomach cramps, which are symptoms of Cryptosporidium or "Crypto."
There are three confirmed cases of Crypto.
The Tri-County Health Department collected samples from the pool Wednesday morning and the pool workers spent the day chlorinating the pool.
"We want to be precautionary, protect the public, do what we can to be proactive, if there is anything in the pool," said Marc Heirschberg with South Suburban Pools and Recreation.
Authorities plan to reopen the Lone Tree pool Thursday.
The Tri-County Health Department says if your children are experiencing symptoms of Crypto you should not let them go to a pool, school or daycare.
