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is in the order of 7,000 to 9,000 MPN/100 ml; the greatest 

 pollution exists at the Narrows. 



The sewage and human waste from New York City area decreases by 

 dilution towards the middle of Staten Island shore and increases 

 where contact with the Jersey shore is greater. The human waste 

 materials emanating from these two points causes the lowest 

 coliform density point at Wolfs Pond Park. The latter is never 

 posted according to the guard interviewed on location. However, 

 when the word spreads that the other beaches have been posted, the 

 attendance at Wolfs Pond Park also drops up to 25 percent in spite 

 of Wolfs Pond Park not being posted. 



The fact that the parking lots, and hence the beaches themselves, 

 are hardly ever used to full capacity indicated that even when the 

 beaches are not posted, public opinion cannot react on a "day-to- 

 day" posting basis and people consider the beaches as "polluted" 

 at all times. The loss damage estimates could use the full parking 

 lot capacity because the Staten Island area is in the midst of the 

 largest metropolitan complex in the world with a corresponding need 

 for any and all recreation facilities especially during the hot 

 summer season when the requirement for providing activity for 

 teenagers and unemployed is most critical. 



