Archive for KLPW – Environmental
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 18, 2014
Government officials easily answer that coal ash is in Kerr Lake. Kerr Lake Park Watch’s
question about coal ash, after two and a half months, still remains unanswered.
Will Kerr Lake be safe this visitor season for the people who visit the public parks, day-use areas, boat ramps, campgrounds, etc., considering that visitors come to have some form of interaction
with the water? Is the water safe for humans, for fish and plant life? That’s what …
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Posted by on March 25, 2014
It could be a kid gnawing on a chicken leg in the edge of the water, a senior citizen walking briskly through one
of the parks on Kerr Lake, or it could be someone lazily floating just off the shore of one of the lake’s many public areas.
It could be that special and magical fishing moment. People ask
us a lot, especially lately, why KERR …
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on February 6, 2014
As of
right now, coal ash waste and water, although reduced, is still flowing into the #DanRiver from the Duke Power holding pond near Eden, NC. Several sources have told Kerr Lake Park Watch that the water near
Danville, VA is a murky gray.
There have not yet been any plausible comments about the potential contamination effects on the #John …
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on February 6, 2014
FROM NEWS & WIRE REPORTS
– Duke Energy admitted Monday that 82,000 tons of coal ash and up to 27 million gallons of water were released from a pond at a closed plant at Eden into the Dan River. The concern
by Kerr Lake Park Watch is that the Dan River is one of the main water sources for the John H. Kerr Reservoir.
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