Many water-ways are ,...."not pure". Is it a good idea to get a hep. shot ?
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No precautions necessary, the race director has to get go ahead from the public health people for the race to go on. If the fecal coliform counts are above safe swim levels then the swim will be cancelled. The samples are taken on the race course very close to race time. If the conditions change they will retest the water such as the case with rain storms.
Personally its not the fecal coliform that would worry me. I would practice not swallowing the water and have some clean water to rinse off with right after.
No precautions necessary, the race director has to get go ahead from the public health people for the race to go on. If the fecal coliform counts are above safe swim levels then the swim will be cancelled. The samples are taken on the race course very close to race time. If the conditions change they will retest the water such as the case with rain storms.
Personally its not the fecal coliform that would worry me. I would practice not swallowing the water and have some clean water to rinse off with right after.
