Word: coliform
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...pipes are currently depositing sewage into the Charles River, resulting in fecal coliform bacteria levels 200 times the proper level for boating...
...high levels of fecal coliform bacteria, which were found in Milford, Mass., are likely the result of raw sewage entering the river, according...
...Dowling, a chemist with the Cambridge water department, said preliminary tests yesterday strongly suggest the epidemic was not caused by anything in Harvard's water supply. Water department officials were unable to find any evidence of coliform bacteria or other common types of contamination, he said...
True believers would rather speak of the miracles they have witnessed: healings, metal rosaries turned to gold, crosses silhouetted in the sun. They faithfully sample water from the farm's "holy well," despite local health warnings that the contents are contaminated with coliform bacteria...
...water around the Quincy beaches is so polluted that last August an engineering firm found coliform bacteria levels off the city's shore that were 50 times higher than the maximum acceptable levels for swimming water...