Ecoli

E. Coli doesn't cause gas gangrene, which is the privilege of a clostridium. Whether this is a consolation to you, I don't know.
 
I wouldnt do it , my business is in water sterilising and legionella control , e coli and most likely coliforms too will love living in your inlet pipes especially in the summer in higher temps , not worth the riisk whatever anyone says ,

1 cfu per 100 ml , ie 1 colony forming unit in 100 milliteres of sampled water , ie lowest you can possibly detect gives rise to the supply being tested to be immediately removed from use on land . Why risk it , its a real risk !!!
 
I had the misfortune, some years ago, to contract e-coli. You really, really, really don't want a dose of it. Despite the rapid weight loss achieved (over a stone in less than a week), it is etched in my memory as being a) deeply unpleasant; b) messy (my flatmates kindly gave me free rein of the bathroom and I spent most of the time in there with my head in a bucket and - well, you can guess the rest); c) painful.

I wouldn't take the risk, personally.
 
ffiill said:
Some years ago way up in the far north east of Newzealand at a little place called Pukanui I put my leg through a hole in a sloping boat ramp and badly cut my lower leg.
Bad enough but it became infected with ecoli- in otherwords gas gangrene.
After weeks of ineffective antibiotics finally it was knocked on the head.
The source probably being the public toilets which drained straight into the lagoon nearby.
When receiving the initial treatment at Hokianga Hospital I was told there were similar problems in the Hokianga largely as a result of farm run off.
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Similar happened to me after falling on Tavira slipway. Spent 2 weeks under drips in the Carmen des Virgens hospital in Sanlucar and then another 5 weeks in Cediera getting over the septicaemia.
I'm afraid thread drift from the original - is it safe to wash up in seawater?
I'd say yes, but not very effective so results in having to finish off with clean, hot freshwater and detergent.
If a messy feeder, probably OK, but there are other ways of cleaning the worst off plates.
 
when i was a kid one of my jobs was to row out of the harbour with the spud pot to get clean water to boil the potatoes on.

so, depends on the harbour really...
 
Thanks for the replies,I think it best not to take any chances so will not be using seawater for rinsing at least not in harbour.Ecoli warnings are very rare here but under certain conditions do occour,the growth of housing and agri run off near small harbours haven't helped either.
 
Searush said:
Op lives in Ireland - some of the cleanest & finest waters in the world, strong tides to flush away any minor nasties, low population & decent plumbing.

Their seawater is drinkable!
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True, for the most part, but I do recall that a few years ago there was a ban on eating seafood from some part of the South or West coast due to a red tide.
 
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