Prolonged Salmonella contamination of a recreational lake by runoff waters.
In the summer and fall of 1968, various Salmonella serotypes were isolated from a portion of Lake Mendota, the major recreational lake for Madison Wis. The apparent sources of these organisms were a residential storm sewer and a University of Wisconsin Experimental Farms' washwater drain. Salmonellae were isolated with regularity from a swimming beach located approximately 0.5 mile (0.8 km) from these sources.
D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012703:Serotyping; D012722:Sewage; D014876:Water Pollution; D014922:Wisconsin
D012722:Sewage