From WebMD on Naegleria Fowleri (the brain eating amoeba) > Naegleria can't live in salt water. It can't survive in properly treated swimming pools or in prope

From WebMD on Naegleria Fowleri (the brain eating amoeba) > Naegleria can't live in salt water. It can't survive in properly treated swimming pools or in properly treated municipal water. > Most cases of N. fowleri disease occur in Southern or Southwestern states. Over half of all infections have been in Florida and Texas.