E. coli levels down at most sites tested in MetroParks

October 16, 2015 at 9:55p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Now that the Mahoning County District Board of Health has wrapped up its 12-week water-testing program in Mill Creek MetroParks, it will begin analyzing the data to determine any trends between E. coli levels and weather patterns.

“That’s something that we’re going to look at, how these weather patterns increase the E. coli level within the testing area and how long it takes these areas to recover, based on if there is less precipitation and more sunlight,” said Ryan Tekac, environmental health director for the county health board.

The board released results from the last round of testing Friday; they showed relatively low levels of E. coli at most of the nine sampling sites.

Read more about the situation in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.