Allen Harim cited for violating water pollution regulations

wastewater violations. between march of 2012 and october of this year – an allen harim plant in harbeson allegedly had several violations due to malfunctioning equipment – process overloads – and other circumstances. according to the report the facility exceeded the limit of phosphorous – ammonia – and nitrogen. 47 abc spoke with a biology professor at salisbury university who says one of the violations dating back to june third of 2013 is particularly concerning. on that day over one million coliforms of fecal bacteria per 100 milliliters of water were dumped into the beaver dam creek. the limit – calls for only 185 coliforms per 100 milliliters of water. 080615 if you are exposed to these bacteria they can potentially make you sick 080618 080619 they pose a risk directly of making you sick, giving you an infection, an intestinal infection 080626 stribling adds that although the amount of phosphorous – nitrogen and ammonia dumped into the water is concerning – they don’t pose an immediate health threat to humans. instead those nutritional outputs can cause damage when it comes the amount of algae blooms in delawares waterways. those algae blooms can be detrimental to waterlife in affected areas. officials say a smyrna woman was arrested at b-w-i airport