Archive for 2014

OFFICIALS GIVE MIXED NEWS ON IMPACT OF COAL ASH LEAK ON KERR LAKE

One week later answers have changed from bad
to good and from bad to worse. Hope still exists for minimal impact.

The lead person for the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources NCDENR
now says that the potential impact to the John H. Kerr Reservoir from the coal ash spill just over a week ago at a defunct Eden, NC power plant on the Dan River will …

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KERR LAKE IMPACT NOT YET KNOWN – COAL ASH STILL LEAKING SOME INTO DAN

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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KLPW: UTILITY LETS TOXIC WASTE INTO DAN RIVER – MAYBE KERR LAKE

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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NEWS & KLPW THINGS ON TAP.

We owe an apology as one of latest posts on Facebook did not jump over on the blog. A technology misstep.

2014 NEWS UDATE

As the new year has started off cold, note that it’s been 4 – 20 degrees lately at a very cold Kerr Lake! We’ll have an updated story on www.kerrlakeparkwatch.org about a bunch of grass carp the USACE recently put into Kerr to help with the …
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VIRGINIA HIKES STATE PARKS CAMPING RATES

CAMPING RATES HIKED FOR VA STATE
PARKS
– Affects rates for Occoneechee State Park and Staunton River State Park in the Virginia State Parks system.

Added only as a FAQ sheet to an 8-page “Year in Review” report by VA State Parks Director Joe Elton, the quietly announced park rate hike has already taken
effect.

“Although it is not perfectly clear in …

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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - Occoneechee State Park, KLPW- Staunton River State Park

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