Goa’s waters tainted
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Scientists from India have found high levels bacteria in the water off Goa’s coast caused by the release of untreated sewage.Times of India reported that scientists of the Goa-based marine research organisation National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) had found the waters “unsafe for recreational bathing and fishing”.”Seawaters along the Indian coasts are classified by the Central Pollution Control Board of India as fit for commercial fishing, contact recreation and bathing activities when the faecal coliform count is 100 CFU/100 ml. But we found FC levels as high as 190 CFU/100ml in certain locations of Goa waters,” NIO’s marine scientist Dr N Ramaiah was quoted saying.Faecal coliform bacteria can be a product of human or animal waste but also storm water run-off from nearby manufacturing facilities.The finding would inevitably hit the holiday state’s tourism scector, which draws about 400,000 overseas tourists every year.
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