I went looking today

I went looking around the Front St. area today, just to see what might catch my eye. On my journey I noticed that there were 5 or more sewer pumping stations on Front Street alone. Almost every one of them have"closed shellfishing" signs near them. The discharge pipe about midway of Front Street has a sign hiding behind a cedar tree that states swimming in that area could be harmful due to possible bacteria from human and animal waste (poop). Keep in mind Front Street runs along Taylor's Creek for most of its length of about 3.5 miles. Taylor's Creek is approx. 200 yards wide and 25 ft. deep on average, and bordered on the north side by the town of Beaufort,the south side by Carrot Island with one main breach of a natural creek about midway then more open water, then Shackelford Banks, then the Atlantic Ocean. It is open on the east and west ends. The currents in this area all run about the same speed, and in such a manner that at certain times of the tide the water will be going in different directions. The small creek that cuts through Carrot Island is about 10 yards wide 6 ft. deep and shallows up quickly, so the logical conclusion would be that any bacteria or pollution would carry its way primarily down Taylor's Creek, while at a slower rate through the small creek. This leaves me with a few questions. Why is there only one " no swimming " sign on Front Street, yet there are at least 5 "no shellfishing" signs on the same creek? Why is that one sign hiding behind a cedar tree with only private access, and there aren't any "no swimming" signs at the 4 0r more public access areas on the same creek? Are the bacteria that affect shellfish different from the ones that are harmful to swim in? Why did the closing of 427 acre of shellfishing bottom come at the same time Beaufort was trying to get a permit to expand their sewer system? For the last question on this blog entry, why do I feel violated, bamboozled, and thrown to the way-side? Clammerhead