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. 1986 Jun;96(3):393–401. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400066158

Sanitary study of surface water and of the beach of a water sports and leisure complex.

D Chabasse, P Laine, A M Simitzis-Le-Flohic, B Martineau, M el Hourch, J P Becaud
PMCID: PMC2129684  PMID: 3734425

Abstract

This report presents the parasitological, bacteriological, mycological and physicochemical data obtained from both surface water and beach sand of a lake used for water sports. These show that the lake is contaminated in both winter and spring by water which overflows from the River Maine, and is self-purified by a mechanism of 'lagunage'. In summer signs of pollution are at their lowest level although use of the complex is at its peak. Conversely, the amoebic flora, which is independent of the usual criteria of pollution, predominates in summer, and serves as a marker for the need for increased surveillance. The sand of the beaches does not appear to show any infectious hazard. Environmental pressure will doubtless change these data over a period of time, and it is planned to monitor this.

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