The admirable Post Newspapers has a story today about Rotto beaches getting the health tick.
"Local river spots and beaches have been given the thumbs-up for summer following the first comprehensive survey of bacterial levels in Perth waterways," the Post reports.
The Dep't of Health's Environmental Health Directorate surveyed 11 Rotto beaches (and 34 on the coast, but who cares about those?).
"At Rottnest, the concentration of organisms in the water was consistently less than 10 per 100ml," says the Post.
"But one sample taken in Geordie Bay on April 25 last year was 2100 per 100ml."
Yuk. The Dep't said it was because of school holidays...but no conclusive link between boats and high bacterial presence had been found".
Of course not! It's just a coincidence!
"Samples also indicate regular changes in bacteria levels at Thomson Bay, the Thomson bay jetty, Parker Point and the hotel jetty and fule jetty areas," the Post posted.
Have a squizz at the report (long columns of numbers) at the above link.
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