There is disbelief anything is 'wrong' with the water safety of the Ohio River.
The Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) monitors the Ohio River for fecal coliform and E. Coli bacteria. Fecal coliform is the stuff you flush and from farm animal waste as well. Many days the waters are considered to be within accepted limits. Other days the waters had levels many times the EPA established thresholds. The ORSANCO data is shared online and is updated weekly.
If the water is used for swimming the EPA guideline is that the level be below 400 fecal colonies coliform per 100 ml. The Ohio River is often below a count of 100 but has been as high as 7000 in the last three months. Some sections of the river trend better than others. The peak fecal colony counts and the rains go hand in hand.
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