Salmonella in Colorado Tap Water
Salmonella was found in the tap water of residents in Alamosa, Colorado. Residents there get their water from 5 deep wells. No one knows exactly how the contamination happened. There is some speculation about groundwater. An article on CIDRAP or Center for Infectious Disease, Research & Policy stated: “Authorities have not said how they think the water became contaminated with Salmonella. Ken Carlson, an environmental engineering professor from Colorado State University, said Alamosa’s water comes from five deep wells and is untreated, the Denver Post reported on Mar 21. More than half of the US drinking water supply consists of untreated groundwater, he told the Post, adding that groundwater typically never comes in contact with possibly contaminated surface water before reaching consumers.
The Denver Post carried this story first and disclosed that the water comes from a well that is not chemically disinfected, (not chlorinated). This is kind of creepy. How many wells around the country serve us our tap water? What about all those trash dumps? What about groundwater runoff from CAFO’s?
Read the articles: http://www.denverpost.com/crush/ci_8679920
This CIDRAP article is two hours old: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/mar2408salmonella.html
March 25th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Ria, this is downright scary. Thanks for posting this … it really shows how damaging things are becoming.
March 25th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Yeah, but read tonight’s blog. Maybe Conoco Phillips and Tyson foods can clean up some of the mess from our food. People just don’t realize that our food comprises a whole heck of a lot of pollution. I think this is why even the bible tells us how to eat, and it’s not a whole heck of a lot of meat. Pigs were meant to be scavengers that helped clean up the earth, that is until man invented the yummy pigroast!