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Osms
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Lake Watch question???
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5/3/2007 8:22:36 AM
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The attached article brought to mind something I have wondered about. Since the lake is becoming more stagnant with reduced river flow and rain, what effect is this having on the Sandy Creek area since the Dadeville sewage plant dumps into a Sandy Creek tributary, which dumps into the lake?
Question for Lake Watch. Does anyone test Sandy Creek and it so, where can we get the results? In normal times, I'm sure there is no problem, but Sandy has a lot of green algea growth in the water now and it makes me wonder just how safe and clean is the water.
URL: Alex City Outlook
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redleg6
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5/3/2007 7:34:41 PM
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Osms, thanks for your query.
As I tried to say in the Outlook article, we applaud APCo's efforts to fill the lake by greatly reducing their power generation. However, there's a downside (isn't there always!). With reduced flows, we get less flushing action than normal with a reservoir such as Martin. That in turn can result in warmer water temperatures which means lower dissolved oxygen levels (DO is inversely related to temperature...higher in winter, lower in summer). Thus we should not be surprised to experience a few more fish kills than normal if we don't get closer to full pool.
Reduced flows also can cause problems in areas downstream from municipal wastewater treatment plants such as the one in Dadeville. If you've followed the Outlook, you know the plant has had significant problems with their discharge for several years. In fact, the green algae you noted is likely from a bit more nutrients (read sewage) in the water than we'd like. That is being addressed and you should be reading more about it soon.
Yes, we do have water monitors in the Sandy Creek area. For more water quality data than you'll likely ever use, see the Alabama Water Watch website where we've posted data monthly since 1993.
URL: Alabama Water Watch
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Osms
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5/3/2007 9:25:53 PM
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Thanks for the response. The AWW website is much too confusing for a non-computer literate dummy like me. It does appear that data is input on a monthly basis, which could give a good trend over the years--if I could find the d@mn graph--LOL.
Anyway, keep us up to date on the Dadeville problem. I noticed that they made an effort to correct to storm sewage drainage into sanitary sewage lines down by the Post Office.
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