E-coli in Cobo outfall

Saturday 19th June 2010, 2:30PM BST.

Director of water services Andrew Redhead holding a water sample alongside one of the warning signs. (Picture by Ben Fiore, 0986413)

PEOPLE are being warned to stay away from fresh water outfalls on Cobo Bay after the discovery of E. coli bacteria there.

But Environmental Health said it was still safe to go to the beach and swim in the sea.

Signs have now been put up to warn people not to drink or play in the water even if it looks clean.

Guernsey Water regularly tests for E. coli on the beaches as a way of checking for faecal contamination. The utility is now collecting samples to try to find the source of the contamination.

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david

June 21, 2010 at 2:34 pm

it is a shame to say that it is probley due to all the s..t they plumet in channel isles waters what a shame lovley beaches.every one in europe knows this is a big problem apart from goverment there move on with times chaps take a league from europe counter parts invest in water treatment plants .

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