Archive for KLPW – MAIN NEWS
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 24, 2015
They are not public speakers. They are not tree huggers. They are ordinary citizens, who farm, nurse, teach, promote Vance County, build houses and on and on, just citizens whose voices have been muffled as they try to slow precious water being taken from their homeland and sold for profit to more populous and … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 22, 2015
The US Army Corps of Engineers has clarified its position to Kerr Lake Park Watch on water withdrawal from Kerr Lake by KLRWS, saying that the allocation including the 10 million gallons of water per day, was approved years ago. After KLPW asked about the allocation in yesterday’s Corp of Engineers’ water resource meeting, Tony Young, … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 20, 2015
A fairly visible lake support group is up in arms about a proposed and scheduled-to-be-signed water use agreement that could take 10 million gallons of water a day out of Kerr Lake, which could affect lake levels. A news release sent to KLPW and authored by Deborah Ferruccio, a leader the lake support group called … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on May 25, 2014
As the busiest weekend of the year at Kerr Lake moves forward in the sunshine, the rain remnants of flooded campsites remind us that nearly
25 percent of the campers at the seven NC State Recreation Areas on the North Carolina side are not getting their Memorial Day holiday at Kerr Lake.
WRAL’s Tara Lynn updates the situation: http://www.wral.com/rising-waters-cause-flooding-at-kerr-lake-campsites/13672992/
The lake’s level is still near 305 feet above sea level.
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Posted by on May 6, 2014
Ask a simple question and finally, months later, you get an answer. Kerr Lake Park Watch greatly acknowledges the
efforts of Michael T Womack, Operations Project Manager at John H. Kerr Reservoir, in securing answers about the recreational effects of
coal ash on the lake’s visitors.
Quietly and unobtrusively last week, the Virginia Department of Health and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services put out a
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