Signs posted all around Cox Point Park warn people to stay away from the water in the Back River until further notice due to levels of E. coli that are so high, visitors can smell it, the outlet reports.
Increased monitoring of the water comes after a released report in June revealed that the Back River Wastewater Plant had facility failures at almost every single level, CBS 13 continues.
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