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Stream samples were taken at one control area above and two areas below the Santa Fe Ski Basin. Samples were analyzed for total coliform, fecal coliform, and fecal streptococci. The average ratio of fecal coliform to fecal streptococci below the ski basin was actually lower than the average ratio at the control site. The lower ratio would indicate no further contamination from human sources below the ski basin and the coliform colonies isolated were probably from mammals other than human or from human sources other than the sewage disposal system at the ski basin. The few colonies isolated from the stream would deem the water not potable during certain seasons.
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White, C.S., Gosz, J.R. & Moore, D.I. Impact of a Ski Basin on a mountain watershed. Water Air Soil Pollut 10, 71–79 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00161997
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