The creek normally has notable levels of E. coli due to trash and human waste leftover from tourists that flock to the creek in the warmer months. Like other parts of northern Arizona that have seen increased recreation due to people looking to get outside after sheltering in place from the coronavirus pandemic, spots in Oak Creek have also seen increasing tourism, Winters said. The creek is really loved to death,” Winters said. “Now to also have other pollution and impacts into the creek that are preventable? “I realize that [process] took time, we’ve also never had a sewage spill like this,” Browne said.

Source: Daily Sun August 08, 2020 14:03 UTC