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...which regularly monitors pollution in the city's storm drains, discovered an unusually high fecal coliform count in a drain near the intersection of JFK and Eliot Streets several weeks ago, according to Ralph Dunphy, Cambridge's commissioner of Public Works...
...fecal coliform count in the drain was 450,000 colony forming units (CFUs) per milliliter, while the allowable count is 200 CFUs per milliliter, the release said...
...giving spiritual guidance. Ever since he learned about the level of pollution in "Mother," as he calls the Ganges, Mishra, 59, has been squabbling with government authorities and pleading with other temple chiefs to clean up the river. "When I talk to officials, I show them reports on fecal coliform, and when I talk to local people, I show them there is s___ in the holy Ganges," he laughs. "It is the same thing, but I say it in different languages...
Which brings us to our beloved Charles River. For the past few months, the levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the river have been several hundreds of times the levels declared safe for boating by the EPA. There have been several incidents where boaters have reported getting sick...
...Charles River Watershed Association, a non-profit citizen's group, will sample river water for levels of fecal coliform bacteria tomorrow as part of a five-year study on Charles River contamination...