State of the river, part 2 or 3

Here's Lynne Hendricks' story about the State of the River address.

Interesting how the bit about someone/something in Amesbury polluting the Powow got shuttled to the bottom of the story.

Last fall Tabak said the xouncil was instrumental in discovering an E. coli "hot spot" in Amesbury's Powow River, a tributary of the Merrimack. Where the state limit of E. coli is 235 CFUs (colony forming units) per 100 milileters for that waterway, the council's tests revealed 198,630 CFUs per 100 milileter in the Powow River, which resulted in Amesbury being issued a letter of non-compliance from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. According to Tabak and MRWC Water Resources manager Tracie Sales, Amesbury is working on finding the source of that waste, which they believe to be an illegal connection either intentionally or mistakenly dumping waste into the river.

Aside from the fact that they need better proofreaders at the DN, I personally witnessed Lynne's eyes light up when this piece of information was revealed (she's coming on FT to the DN, covering Amesbury, by the way).

Ah, editors - you gotta love 'em.