Cryptospridium is a surface water parasite. Mount Pleasant's water comes from an underground aquifer that is protected from surficial contamination. There is no reason to believe Mount Pleasant's water could be contaminated with this organism. We have the technology in reverse osmosis water treatment to remove microbiological organisms the size of the giardia cyst and the cryptosporidium oocyst even if they were detected. Giardiasis is an inflammation of the bowel caused by an organism call Giardia Lamblia.
Symptoms can include diarrhea with accompanying nausea, gas and weight loss.
There may also be no smptoms. Anyone can get it, although children usually have it more often than adults, with children in diapers having it more than anyone else. The Commission's well water was tested by the state and county health departments for the Giardia Lamblia organism. There was no indication of the presence of this protozoan parasite. Giardia is similiar to cryptosporidium in that it is transmitted through the feces of warm blooded animals and contaminated surface water supplies.