Can the bacteria in red tide come from fecal coliform?
No. Fecal coliform has nothing to do with red tide. Red tide is caused by certain conditions: the right amount of sun and so forth. Q: A man who worked at a job where slaughter animals and blood and guts went into the ecosystem asked what he could do. A: Call Clallam County and they will take a look at the situation. People need to feel confident to report problems. Sometimes people don’t realize that what they are doing is a problem. Nobody wants to throw anyone in jail; they just want to correct the problem. Q: Is coliform toxic itself, and if not, if it comes from horses and cows, why do we care? A: No. Fecal coliform is an indication that pollution may be in the water. We’ve discovered some unhappy transfers of disease from animals. Q: Why not use two different sampling methods to find the correlation between water quality and oysters? Why not test the oysters themselves? A: In a given bed, a certain percentage of oysters and clams may be carrying fecal coliform, but they might not
