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Know thy water sources: Missouri, Jackson fitness center reach settlement in E. coli case

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Owners of a Jackson fitness center and the state of Missouri have reached a settlement in a court battle about drinking water served by the center that state regulators said sickened several people with E. coli in 2010.

An investigation by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services tracked the source of illness to the Class Act Family Fitness Center’s water
toilet.waterand found the center was connected to an unauthorized and contaminated farm well.

The center’s owners, Shawn and Lynn McNally, were, according to the Southeast Missourian, sued in 2011 by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster for violating the state’s safe drinking water laws, and by the parents of eight children who contracted E. coli.

Koster on Tuesday said in a news release the McNallys will connect hand washing sinks in the facility’s restrooms to a state-approved drinking water holding tank with new water treatment and distribution systems. The water-distribution system will be a regulated public water system under the Missouri Safe Drinking Water Law. The McNallys also agreed to obtain a permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to dispense drinking water to the public and refrain from supplying drinking water from the fitness center’s old well for public consumption, according to the release. The couple also will pay a civil penalty of $22,500 with $15,000 suspended upon compliance with the judgment, as well as the state’s court costs, according to the court ruling.

In 2011, the McNallys’ attorney, Cynthia Masterson of St. Louis, denied water samples taken by DNR tested positive for E. coli and said the McNallys had no knowledge of or control over the children’s alleged illnesses.

“Whatever injuries or damages plaintiffs may have suffered, if any, were the result of their own failure to exercise due care for their safety at the time and place in question,” she said at the time.

“We, very unfairly, got bad rap from the whole thing,” Shawn McNally told the Southeast Missourian in December 2011.

The only ones who got a bad rap were the kids who got sick.

Over 80 sick from campylobacter in Montana resort well water

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Whenever I go to a cottage or a camp – rare these days — I always ask about the water source, how often it is tested and whether it is chlorinated. Most people can readily answer; some can’t.

County and state health officials on Friday said several people have become ill after consuming water from a privately owned public water supply near Hebgen Lake, Montana (right, exactly as shown).

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has confirmed 14 cases of campylobacter gastrointestinal illness. Information collected about the cases "strongly suggests that exposure occurred at the Campfire Lodge Resort," according to the statement. At least 70 more cases are considered "probable."
Along with county health agents and DPHHS, the Montana Department of

The owners of the resort are cooperating with the probe, and have taken action to prevent future illnesses.

7 sick from Campylobacter in Utah well water

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First raw milk, now the water in Utah is making people sick.

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports that a boil-water advisory will remain in effect for residents of Northern Saratoga Springs (right, exactly as shown) after at least seven people were stricken by Campylobacter.

Saratoga police spokesman Cpl. Aaron Rosen said the city is awaiting test results on a well believed to be the source of a campylobacter outbreak in the city. The city is treating the water with chlorine to kill the bacteria.

Mount Olympus Waters dispatched a 6,000-gallon tanker truck to provide free water for residents. The tanker is parked at Walmart, at Redwood Road and State Route 73.

Larry Mullenax, Mount Olympus vice president, said the company will provide two one-gallon containers of water per person. But if people bring their own containers, the company will fill them for free.

Walmart employees are staffing the tanker from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., he said.