# AYRES NATURAL BRIDGE PARK WATER SYSTEM
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1992 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `49420`
- **Case Number:** 08-1992-0515
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AYRES NATURAL BRIDGE PARK WATER SYSTEM
- PEXTON, JOHN (CONVERSE CO COMMISSIONER) (complaint)
- TURNER, BUD (CHAIR OF CONVERSE CO PARK) (complaint)
## Summary

DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF A MAJOR OUTBREAK OF               GASTROENTERITIS IN THE DOUGLAS, WYOMING AREA ON JULY 27,     1992, SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM RESPONDENT'S PUBLIC WATER      SYSTEM BY STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS.  TEST RESULTS    OBTAINED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL      SERVICES DEMONSTRATED THE PRESENCE OF FECAL COLIFORM         BACTERIA, SPECIFICALLY SHIGELLA SONNEI, AN ORGANISM KNOWN    TO CAUSE DISEASE.  THE ORGANISM SHIGELLA SONNEI WAS          IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE OF AT LEAST 150 CASES OF             GASTROENTERITIS IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING A GATHERING AT      AYRES NATURAL BRIDGE PARK.  STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS PROMPTLY CLOSED DOWN THE WATER SYSTEM TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL  CASES OF SHIGELLOSIS.

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