E. Coli contaminates Agate Bay water
By KRNV-TV
According to a voice recording on the Agate Bay Water Company phone line, the water provided in Agate Bay (located between Kings Beach and Dollar Point on the North Shore) is contaminated with E. Coli.
All residents are under a boil water order.
E. Coli bacteria was found in a water sample collected on Dec. 13.
The boil water order will be in place until the California Department of Public Health determines that there’s no threat of contamination. They are hoping to lift the order by Saturday.
Is this Lake water or ground water?
Our rental company was in touch with the water company and told me it is spring water – so ground water. They disinfected their tanks with chlorine and flushed them out. A water test on Saturday was inconclusive because while there was no E. coli, the sample had chlorine in it, which would have killed any E. coli. So they have not yet lifted the boil order.
Just read that water should be boiled longer than 1 minute at high altitudes. http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/ecoli.cfm