MIDDLETOWN, Conn. —

At Middletown's Crystal Lake, something has been haunting the water all summer... It's contamination.

Rainfall, bird waste and hot temperatures have caused swimming to be off limits more times than not in recent months.

When city officials have tested water levels this summer, those levels have reportedly been consistently high, forcing swimming bans at the park. It’s not uncommon for water levels to be high, but officials say they’ve had to close the lake down quite frequently.

Waterfowl waste has been a huge issue this year, and mixing it with hot temperatures and rainfall makes a more prevalent E. Coli problem.

The Middletown Health Director Kevin Elak says the strain of E. Coli present in the water isn’t necessarily harmful to humans, but if ingested it coul

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