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Cleburne, Texas Waits For "An Incident" Before Closing For Crypto

For the past month, much of the country has experienced temperatures in the 90 to 100 degree range.  That's not a time when anyone wants to close swimming pools, but many have been closed when the pesky Cryptosporidium parasite arrives on the scene.

Yet, we think it would be a great graduate thesis for some environmental health student to study how various jurisdictions have reacted this summer.   We were impressed by the swift action Phoenix City Manager Frank Fairbanks took in closing all city pools when confronted with the Crypto challenge. (See: How Phoenix Delivered The News That All Pools Are Closed!)

Perhaps by contrast, there were reports of Crypto-caused illnesses ten days ago at the Cleburne, Texas  Splash Station Water Park.   Only after "an incident" that forced it to close Sunday did the park come up with the Monday closure plan.   According to the Cleburne Times Review:

Cleburne’s Splash Station water park will be closed on Mondays through the end of the summer operating season. All pools will be hyper-chlorinated and the facility disinfected during that time each week. As a result of recent waterborne illness concerns Splash Station management is taking this precautionary approach to ensure patrons of the water park are protected.

Even with ongoing screening of patrons, an incident Sunday afternoon prompted Splash Station to be shut down and sanitized. The facility was then hyper-chlorinated and will now re-open Tuesday as regularly scheduled.

Go here for more on Cleburne.  These are just two examples.  We sure like to see a good study into the best approach to controlling Crypto.

Full post as published by Cryptosporidium Blog on August 04, 2008 (boomark / email).