Abstract |
Two brief microbiological studies of the Cache La Poudre River in the Greeley, Colorado, area were conducted during April, 1972, to: (1) Identify the source(s) of bacterial pollution in the reach bracketed by the foot-bridge crossing at Island Grove Park and the low head dam at 2nd Avenue; (2) develop some insight to the relative impact of storm runoff on the bacteriological quality of the river in the Greeley area. Although bacteriological degradation of the river in the Island Grove Park - 2nd Avenue reach was identified in EPA studies conducted during the last half of 1971, the source or sources were not identified since these studies were designed to assess the effect of Great Western's sugar factory effluent on water quality. |