PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Escherichia Coli

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Dr.Victoria Tahmasebi- Birgani

Document Summary

Well # 5, where ecoli entered municipal water. Residents of walkerton complaining of bad symptoms. 5 days after initial symptom, the first person died. Water manager failed to notify the public. Koebel, water manager, still failed to report. After few days public health begin independent water testing. Health units reported there was a deadly ecoli. 2 year old dies more than 150 people sick. Most likely source of e. coli contamination: cattle manure. They test well 5 and consistently tested for e. coli. Torrential downpours washed manures from the fields into the well during a rainstorm. The wells were built near permeable layers. They got of lighter sentence because of gov fund etc. There was failure by individuals, failer by geologist that built that well, Frank was sentenced to 6 months house arrest failure by govn. Dumped 60 gallon drum on the ground out the back door. Not considered a contaminant at the time.