date:Sep 24, 2013
should stay out of the water. He added that the elevated levels could be caused by the spreading of livestock waste and raw sewage from damaged facilities.
Gunderson also told the Associated Press that there have been no reports of illness from the dirty water.
Most kinds of E. coli are harmless, but Shiga toxinproducing strains can cause serious illness. So far, reports from Colorado have not indicated specific strains.
To date, the floods have killed eight people and caused damage across 17