title: [Swimmers' dermatitis in an excavation pool--an incentive for the status analysis of the water and for the preparation of an ecology-friendly utilization concept].
abstract: In recent years, swimmer's itch occurred in several ground water lakes dud excavation pools in sporadic or epidemic outbreaks in the upper Rhine valley. They were caused by Trichobilharzia szidati. The Public Health Offices in Offenburg and Freiburg have been dealing extensively with this problem. They were also requested to comment on the use of lakes within a framework for regional development (Landschaftsrahmenplan) by the Southern Upper Rhine Regional Authority. An ecological study of water quality was prepared in summer 1989 in Offenburg. Hydrological and biological criteria were applied. Eutrophication due to excessive nutrient input proved to be the main problem. Measures for reduction were proposed that also included determining water use. Thus, specific use should either be prescribed from the beginning for each lake and made possible via ecologically oriented long-term maintenance measures, or use should be adapted to the natural succession process. Thus, after gravel quarrying, water sports including bathing would be possible, followed by fish farming and finally reservation as protected area.
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitsamt Offenburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allgöwer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Effelsberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004372:Ducks / Q000469:parasitology; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D012499:Sanitation; D013551:Swimming Pools / Q000592:standards*; D014200:Trematoda; D014581:Urticaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014876:Water Pollution
vernacular_title: Badedermatitisepidemie im Baggersee--ein Anlass zur Zustandsanalyse des Gewässers und Vorbereitung einer naturverträglichen Nutzungskonzeption.