Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    • Home
    • Sedona News
    • Business Profiles
    • Opinion
    • Mind & Body
    • Arts
    • Elections
    • Gift Shop
    • Contact
    • Advertise
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Home » Oak Creek E. coli Reduction
    City of Sedona

    Oak Creek E. coli Reduction

    June 5, 20181 Comment
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email Reddit WhatsApp
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Reddit WhatsApp

    City of Sedona ArizonaSedona AZ (June 5, 2018) – As we roll into summer, the City of Sedona would like to remind everyone that Oak Creek, a state-designated “Outstanding Arizona Water,” is also an ‘Impaired Water.” The impairment is because of E. coli, a fecal coliform bacteria present in the intestines of warm-blooded creatures, including humans, dogs, and wildlife such as javelina, deer, skunks and racoons.

    Please help reduce impacts to Oak Creek by picking up pet and livestock waste on both public property and in your own fenced yard. The city has 13 pet waste stations in parks, high volume traffic areas, and at trailheads, and Forest Service maintains others with bags for gathering and a receptacle for disposal.

    The city collected 5.59 tons of pet waste between January 2014 and December 2017, and 1,426 pounds through mid-May of this year.

    Other ways to minimize E. coli while recreating in Sedona and Oak Creek include:

    Disposing of baby diapers in proper receptacles.

    Sedona Gift Shop

    Packing out all trash and food waste, especially near drainage and the creek, to prevent wild animals from scavenging and then defecating in proximity to the creek or drainage.

    Use of appropriate bathroom facilities..

    Do what you can to minimize human impact to Oak Creek and help lessen the overall regional impact from all sources. To share ideas or provide feedback Michael Righi, assistant engineer, at (928) 203-5088 or mrighi@sedonaaz.gov.

    1 Comment

    1. Carol Rizzi on June 12, 2018 2:52 pm

      I see articles written about Oak Creek and it’s protected water source status. I also see many articles written about how much trash is picked up along the creek. However, the Sedona City Council and the Chamber of Commerce have a Creek Walk listed as one of their goals. This is ridiculous as more human contact and access will only lead to more garbage and E.colii!!!! This is such a contradiction and hypocrisy. It is an outrage and a Creek Walk should NEVER be considered.

    Sedona chamber of Commerce
    Chamber Effort to Target
    Affluent Tourists Derailed

    By Tommy Acosta
    If you make less than $150,000 and thought of visiting Sedona you are not the target of a recently proposed marketing effort by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, focused on luring visitors that that are affluent. A request by the chamber for the city to release $225,000 from its marketing contingency plan to be used for destination marketing targeting people with money, was torpedoed at the Sedona City Council meeting of January 24. The chamber had hoped to use the contingency funds to bring tourists to Sedona that are well heeled and willing to spend scads of money rather than focusing marketing efforts on “day trippers” who come to the city to hike or spend little more than a day here exploring, off-roading, browsing the UpTown shops and spending little cash while clogging up the roads and making it difficult for locals to get around town. Read more→
    Recent Comments
    • Thom Stanley on Chamber Effort to Target Affluent Tourists Derailed
    • Saulius DIRMANTAS on Chamber Effort to Target Affluent Tourists Derailed
    • Betty Clayton on The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    • Mark TenBroek on Chamber Effort to Target Affluent Tourists Derailed
    • Al Comello on Chamber Effort to Target Affluent Tourists Derailed
    Check out the Tlaquepaque Magazine
    Categories
    © 2023 All rights reserved. Sedona.biz.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.