This short article profiles a hopeful new system for "real-time" monitoring of Great Lakes beach safety. In the past, tests to indicate the presence of fecal coliform often took 24 hours or more, meaning beach warnings went up well after contamination was present -- and maybe when the beach was safe again.
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/06-03-05_z1_news_17.html
Posted by Dave at June 3, 2005 10:02 AM