Prior to this year, the San Antonio River Authority tested San Pedro Creek regularly. Those tests found bacteria levels were often very high.
, which offers environmental reporting and analysis through a social justice lens, first reported that the river authority stopped testing water in the creek.Levels of E.coli are typically used as the testing standard, as its presence in water is a strong indicator of sewage or animal waste contamination. This is measured as “most probable number,” or MPN, which is a count of how many bacteria cells are likely to be in 100 milliliters of water.
This chart from the San Antonio River Authority shows E.coli levels in San Pedro Creek in 2022. Primary contact recreation 1 is swimming, and 2 is wading; secondary contact recreation is paddling. Both bodies of water, like the San Antonio River and its tributaries, see elevated bacteria levels after rains. But the agency said it had no plans to post notices when bacteria levels are high.two weeks ago when discussing the water quality at Woodlawn and Elmendorf Lakes, Shaun Donovan, the river authority’s manager of environmental sciences, said that by recreating on any body of water, a person is taking an inherent risk.
On Friday, the air around San Pedro Creek Park’s wading pools reeked of the freshly laid fertilizer covering the flower beds along the park’s walkway.snowy white Pekin duck and three male mallards glided through one of the pools. Algae covered the bottom like a shaggy green carpet.
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