BEACHNET==> "Sable" the Sewage-sniffing dog hunts for E. coli

Subject: BEACHNET==> "Sable" the Sewage-sniffing dog hunts for E. coli

From: "Shannon Briggs" <briggss4@michigan.gov>

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:26:22 -0400

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Please see the Bay City Times Article by Jeff Kart at

http://blog.mlive.com/bctimes/2008/09/get_a_whiff_of_this_sewagesnif.html

Get a whiff of this: Sewage-sniffing dog hunts for E. coli sources along Kawkawlin River

Jeronimo Nisa | Times Photo

Guided by his trainer, environmental scientist Scott Reynolds, Sable the German shepherd mix sniffs bottles containing water samples from Kawkawlin River. Sable is trained to detect the scent of human sewage and household detergents, rooting out illicit and failing septic connections that flow from homes into rivers and streams.

Contact information: Scott Reynolds, (Sable's handler), Tetratech, 517-394-4537