Archive for KLPW – Environmental
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 18, 2014
The NC DENR bosses are pushing the Director of the Division of Water Resources to soften his remarks that coal ash
is in Kerr Lake. Tom Reeder, who Kerr Lake Park Watch interviewed about two months ago, who said coal ash was in the upper convergence waters of Kerr Lake, is getting pressure from
his bosses to recant that.
As usual, most involved agencies claim they are studying or testing Kerr …
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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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