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Keep in mind they are clueless ( or maybe without care) regarding tests related to diving. The tests conducted so far, were at low tide, in like an inch of water at the shore.....this is RIDICULOUS for even the Newspaper to run as a story, without more homework on the facts. Of course, the articles are not news, just entertainment, and the reporter more of a fiction writer than a non-fiction writer.
Feel free to pass my comment on to the "reporter"
What the lazy or inept reporter failed to mention, in the "news" piece....was that we found high bacteria levels right at the base of the pilings on the very eastward side of the span, which we assume were from construction damage to the sewage pipe buried there. Skip from Force E footed the bill for several hundred dollars of tests at a professional lab, to document. The "news services" can't handle any real news that could either "rock the boat", or require some actual "investigative journalism" , so they ignored the tests we did..they ignored the REAL STORY.
For the place by the eastward span, where the construction crew is still working, the bacteria levels ONLY showed at low tide with essentially ZERO CURRENT FLOW....I also ran water tests both upcurrent and down current ( 20 feet away of pilings both directions) during the 1 hour prior to high tide current flow, and the readings from the tests showed CLEAN WATER. I expect this is due to the enormous dilution effect of the inflow of water as the tide comes in...of course this is in DIRECT CONTRAST to some foolish comments by 'someone interviewed by a TV reporter, for the story, who claimed on camera that this was a "low current area...that there was poor mixing, or some other approximation of this, to indicate that the area itself was to blame....We KNOW that the current rips through here as high tide comes in, and the water is thouroughly replaced with clean water. I'd love the reporter to put on some fins and a mask, and go with us 2 hours before high tide--and just TRY to swim agains the current that is "not supposed to be there"
My expectation is, that if the lazy or inept of the pretenda News medias were pushed into action...ultimately they could uncover the sewage pipe leak--which in all liklihood will be shown to be a small leak that will not effect diving in any way, but that WILL continue to be a threat to toddlers in the shallow shoreline waters at peak low tides. My email is dan@sfdj.com if any of you would like to forward my comments ( my investigative assistance
to any of the "news reporters" so far too busy to actually report on the REAL STORY...the story about Negligence and DISREGARD for swimmers, by either the construction company, the City, the Environmental Protection Agency, the State, or some combination of these which SHOULD have tried to get to the bottom of this long ago. The very idea that they can be allowed to perform tests by just wondering along the beach, for a potential underwater leak is, just a little disturbing to me....
