Huron County Health Unit, Beach Testing 2005

E.coli bacteria/100 mL of water. Each value is the geometric mean of five samples. A geometric mean of 100 or less is considered acceptable according to Province of Ontario standards.

date Amberley Ashfield Kintail Port Albert Bogies Sunset
2005-06-01 18 15 10 10 10
2005-06-09 10 14 16 10 10
2005-06-15 373 531 217 105 300
2005-06-22 48 36 211 80 40
2005-06-29 30 28 369 56 11 11
2005-07-06 20 33 57 20 11 10
2005-07-07 10 12 163  
2005-07-13 17 10 10 11 10 10
2005-07-14 11 13 10  
2005-07-20 271 58 211 14 25 42
2005-07-21 91 66 20  
2005-07-27 271 88 505 396 270 254
2005-07-28 34 48 202  
2005-08-03 39 67 55 29 14 10
2005-08-04 400 1612 13  
2005-08-10 490 569 132 448 227 24
2005-08-11 313 54 149  
2005-08-17 42 175 180 107 15 12
2005-08-18 14 110 108  
2005-08-24 33 24 13 61 11 10
2005-08-25 38 47 11  
2005-08-31 361 48 136 10 218 11
2005-09-01 86 121 16  
The following use all five samples taken on all dates.
number 115 115 50 115 70 70
minimum 10 10 10 10 10 10
geo.mean 59 58 94 45 31 22
average 138 184 173 117 76 55
maximum 590 2500 640 680 340 400
>100 37% 30% 58% 34% 27% 14%

Compiled 2006-05-06 by ACLA Steering Committee from data provided by HCHU.