coli present, meaning that fecal coliforms and total coliforms were present as well. Portapotties were the most contaminated areas at the festival with E. coli, fecal coliform, and total coliform. This year, Lawn Starter hired the lab to swab some of the most common areas of the festival grounds to test for bacteria levels such as E. The ACL Music Festival, an annual event since 2002, draws 450,000 attendees. coli contamination, and it’s an important thing to keep in mind. It contends that festivals such as Austin City Limits aren’t immune to E.
coli aren’t just found in intestines, but often in the environment and food as well. coli, and unfortunately, it’s much more common than you think.”īefore the second weekend, Lawn Starter’s explains that E. “It’s essential to be aware of the dangers of E. coli are harmless, some can make you extremely ill with symptoms of diarrhea, UTIs, respiratory illnesses, pneumonia, etc. “The leading member of this subgroup is called Escherichia coli (abbreviated as E. “While they are relatively harmless, they carry a specific subgroup called Fecal Coliform that can indicate the presence of other bacteria found in fecal matter,” Lawn Starter reported. Total coliforms, which were found on almost every swabbed surface at the festival site, are bacteria that live in human and animal intestines. Lawn Starter shared the lab findings, saying festival-goers need to be aware of what they are being exposed to. The findings, which Lawn Starter said represented both harmful and harmless bacterial growth, point to how public areas of many American cities have turned into public health nuisances. coli and fecal coliforms with some that cause illnesses among those who attended the event. But the national lawn caretaker Lawn Starter, which hired EMLab P&K LLC, to check out Zilker Park during the first weekend of the ACL Music Festival. Officials kept quiet about any overdoses. The ACL Music Festival did see a man punch out two women who were strangers to him but did not report any births or deaths. One such example is the Austin City Limits Music Festival with 125 acts and staged during the past two weekends at Zilker Park, just across the Colorado River from downtown Austin. Times have changed and music festivals today are not usually held on isolated dairy farms, but in big cities. It came off with two deaths, two births and hundreds of drug overdoses with about 30 requiring serious medical treatment. Woodstock in 1969 on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, NY, with 400,000 in attendance for three days of Peace Music was the birth of large music festivals.