Comments on: River To Open, Sandy Point Polluted With Poop https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/ A different slant on the news. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lew Payne https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24173 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:06:19 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24173 Perhaps the City Council should pass a law making it illegal for geese to defecate on public property.

After all, that is the mentality they follow in some cases – legislate while being oblivious to reality.

]]> By: dog https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24165 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:39:41 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24165 Wonder if fish pee and poop has e-coli? I’ve seen some huge squaw fish swimming around in there.
and what about the tubers in the river? I bet they pee in the river.

Hey, that’s upstream of where we get our drinking water!

]]> By: Don https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24157 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:04:32 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24157 Children….

]]> By: Hubert Osborne https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24153 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:07:22 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24153 People wouldn’t really crap in the water would they??

EDITOR NOTE–Being serious here. It is a problem in public swimming pools, but mostly from children who are not yet potty trained. If there is a HUMAN problem, it most likely comes from faulty septic tanks at the Corps office or public facilities within the park. The goose issue is very obvious.

]]> By: Don https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24149 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:31:23 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24149 The Sandy Point folks say the e.coli is likely from human feces… not geese. Wether that’s correct or not is not currently known.

EDITOR NOTE–We wouldn’t presume to be experts on poop–that is a government deal. However, about the only source of human contamination would be government certified septic tanks for either the restrooms or the Corps of Engineers office. There isn’t a square yard of space out there not covered by goose poop.

]]> By: Porcupine https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24146 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:44:18 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24146 I guess the folks at Lucky Peak can’t afford those fake coyotes to scare off those geese. Maybe they can invite some real ones from Hill top.

EDITOR NOTE–They have used some of those fake coyotes, but from what we saw, all it does is scare the crap out of the geese which gets washed into the water!

]]> By: Hubert Osborne https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24134 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:40:33 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24134 Make the geese fly to lake lowell or the Snake River A couple of dogs turned loose for an hour every morning would probably do it

]]> By: dog https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24132 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:57:33 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24132 Finally a poop article from the G-man! This blog is worth reading again.

]]> By: Clancy https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24131 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:35:16 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24131 Ducky- Dilution is the solution. Sandy Point is a stagnant pond with little water coming and going. The amount of water flowing in the river should dilute it enough. The geese at Sandy Point are no worse than the feedlots that line the Snake River in S. Idaho.

]]> By: ducky1 https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/13/river-to-open-sandy-point-polluted-with-poop/#comment-24130 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:23:05 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6734#comment-24130 If Sandy Point has an E-Coli problem doesn’t if follow that the BOise River, soon to be floated by hunderds of people, also have the same E-Coli. Both water sources come from the same place. Just a thought…..

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