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Originally Posted by edale
I've heard the beaches in Chicago are pretty gross, and there is often high levels of e coli in the water. When my sister was living in Chicago, she always told me to avoid the beaches (at least near downtown) because I'd get sick.
A quick Google search says this is correct.
https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/23/stu...o-area-beaches |
Too much fertilizer on the fields & overflowing sanitary/storm sewer combos + big rains in the summer months = poopy water
It happens everywhere. They would have to close half of the beaches on the Atlantic coast for the same reason if they monitored the same way they did near Chicago.