Pea River at Coffee CR 147 (Coles Bridge)

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A sample collected on May 15, 2017 had E. coli at 100/100 mL, a level below levels of concern for this waterbody.

2016 INITIAL TESTING ON MAY 17TH FOUND LOW E. coli FOR THIS SITE. ANOTHER TEST WILL BE DONE PRIOR TO MEMORIAL DAY.

This site is moderately to heavily used by people from the surrounding area. It was at one time used for baptisms by a nearby rural church and may still be used for that purpose. It is an access point for folks starting and ending canoe trips.

Historical data is available at the Alabama Water Watch website http://www.alabamawaterwatch.org/ using Site Code 04007027

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper has not observed any E. coli numbers rising to a level of concern for this site.

During droughts the Pea River can become very eutrophic and algal growths can become impressive raising some concern about toxic algae. No health problems have been reported at this site.

Testing will be done again a few days before Independence Day and a few days before Labor Day.

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WATER QUALITY

Passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on September 2nd, 2019. Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

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SOURCE INFORMATION

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Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper will monitor these sites for E. coli from May to September. If resources allow these sites will at a minimum be monitored once prior to each major summer holiday. If additional resources are available these 5 will be monitored five times a month in May, June, July, August, September to check for contamination. All data will be reported to the media. Sites that fail to meet water quality standards will be reported to county health departments, the local watershed management authority, posted to the blog on the Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper website and reported directly to members of Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, the Wiregrass Canoe and Kayak Club and members of the SE Alabama Chapter of the Alabama Scenic River Trail.

Sites that fail to meet water quality standards will be tested approximately once a week until they meet water quality standards. If they continue to fail to meet water quality standards, efforts will be made to post the sites as failing or have them posted. Sites that meet water quality standards in the early testing period will be tested prior to each major summer holiday. If at any point they fail to meet water quality standards, they will be tested as above.

According to ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER DIVISION – WATER QUALITY PROGRAM, for incidental water contact and whole body water-contact recreation, the bacterial quality of water is acceptable when a sanitary survey by the controlling health authorities reveals no source of dangerous pollution and when the geometric mean E. coli organism density does not exceed 126 colonies/100 ml nor exceed a maximum of 235 colonies/100 mL in any single sample in non-coastal waters.

Our sites are GREEN when E. coli do not exceed a maximum of 235 colonies/100 ml in any single sample.

Our sites are normally YELLOW when the E. coli in a single sample is between 235 and 600 E. coli colonies per 100 mL in a single sample. When the E. coli in a single sample is over 235 colonies per 100 mL AND there are reasons that increases the concern about this site it may be set at RED!

Our sites are RED when the E. coli in a single sample exceeds a 600 colonies/100 mL in any single sample unless the sample is an outlier - for example it was taken in a first flush event or shortly after a significant runoff event.

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