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Bacteria found in well water used at Okla. restaurant linked to deadly E. coli outbreak

 
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Bacteria found in well water used at Okla. restaurant linked to deadly E. coli outbreak
Bacteria found in water at restaurant linked to Oklahoma E. coli outbreak

OKLAHOMA CITY — State health officials in Oklahoma say bacterial contamination has been found in well water at a restaurant linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak.

Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Skylar McElhaney says more tests are needed to see if the bacteria found in the water includes the strain of E. coli implicated in the outbreak. The outbreak connected to the Country Cottage restaurant in the town of Locust Grove sickened 116 people.

Health officials say about 50 of those required hospitalization.

Chad Ingle, 26, died Sunday, a week after eating at the restaurant.

Several children sickened have needed dialysis treatment due to kidney failure.

McElhaney said the samples tested were from the restaurant property and that there is no evidence that residents' water is contaminated.

Larry Weatherford, a spokesman for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, said officials aren't sure when they'll receive further test results, but it could be within 72 hours. Even then, they may not have all the answers.

"We see the well results as one piece of the puzzle and it's my understanding that they (the restaurant) were only on well water for two hours of one day," he said.

The cause of the contamination is unknown. Sewer leaks, runoff from agricultural waste and improper well maintenance and disinfection are common causes of bacterial contamination.
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