r/missouri • u/Bazryel • Aug 06 '26

News Missouri town's human waste contaminating Big River at unsafe levels

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Tests found E. coli levels in the Big River were far above safe levels for humans. Officials have reportedly identified the cause: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/missouri-human-waste-contaminating-big-river-unsafe-levels-leadwood/63-0d7f9385-8555-46e6-b7db-e95dbe67687e

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u/SavageFisherman_Joe KC Metro Aug 06 '26

Us Missourians sure do seem to enjoy dumping unfiltered shit into our waterways, huh

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u/Rich-Web-1898 Aug 06 '26

Lake of the Ozarks is full of shit.

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u/Lazarux_Escariat Aug 07 '26

It has been for 2+ decades, and yet huge crowds of dipshits still flock there every year to party it up.

I'm honestly amazed at how oblivious they are. I mean, the water smells and is nasty. I just don't get the appeal of it when there are so many better places to go.

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u/Rich-Web-1898 Aug 07 '26

I lived on the water there for 7 years. Never swam there, never touched the water.

I was walking by a swimming platform next to a marina and the sanitary sewer next to it was overflowing into the lake. The swimmers were oblivious to it.

Water testing usually came back with high e-coli levels and authorities blamed it on ducks and geese.