The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel served up a load of crap in its Saturday edition.
The Chinese government could learn from the Journal Sentinel propagandists and their techniques.
"Some take plunge into big water, Group finds surprisingly clean conditions in Lake Michigan," reads like a paid ad put out by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Readers were treated to accounts of the spectacular experience of swimming in Lake Michigan at Milwaukee off the north shore.
"Lake Michigan is just an untapped, wonderful resource even in the Milwaukee area, where people have a bad image of water quality," [Lindsey] Kriete said. "They shouldn't."
A big part of that is location.
E. coli levels in water samples off Bradford Beach showed the water was unsafe on at least seven days from June through August. Bacteria levels off Klode, however, never reached the advisory level, even after the heavy rains last month.
Sandra McClellan, a researcher at the Great Lakes WATER Institute, said the perception that Lake Michigan is heavily polluted is wrong. Even in some locations that have perennial problems with E. coli, the water 10 to 20 meters off shore is clean, McClellan said.
...In contrast to the lake's reputation, the water clarity has surprised and inspired Wyder, Shue and the others. Even in 20 feet of water, they watch schools of fish pass between them and the bright sand below.
"On the right day, you feel like you're on some tropical beach on the ocean," Kriete said. "It's totally refreshing and invigorating."
I can believe that some swimmers encounter Lake Michigan water that surprises them.
Given how horrible the lake's reputation is, I can buy that. They expect to be able to walk across the sewage-laced water.
When rains are moderate to heavy, MMSD will dump billions of gallons of untreated sewage into Lake Michigan.
That doesn't exactly make it an inviting spot to swim.
Is it possible that some swimmers are pleasantly surprised by the water's quality?
Sure.
Do I believe that it's typical to "feel like you're on some tropical beach on the ocean" when at Lake Michigan near Milwaukee?
No.
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