Members Crappie_Slayer Posted August 1, 2011 Members Posted August 1, 2011 The lake is a river system, it rarely backflows, during the time the beaches were closed there is no way the lake was backflowing with the amount of water that was being pulled at the dam. Look on the MoDNR site at the latest samples. The July samples have been within tolerable limits, while the samples that exceeded the limits were taken at the end of May (a high water period). The mass of contamination is coming from the tributaries and it is a natural process. The amount of runoff volume that comes from lakefront properties is not even comparable to the volume that comes from the watershed. If the beach closures come during high water periods when we are getting that high volume of runnoff, wouldn't it make sense that is where the vast majority of the contaminants come from?
Outside Bend Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 There's nothing can be done about the nastiness. I dunno about that- zebra mussels have been pretty effective at cleaning up pollution in the Great Lakes and other US waterways, and the population at LOZ is rapidly taking off. Maybe in a couple years the water in LOZ will be cleaner than it's ever been <{{{><
fishinwrench Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 There is that, one can only hope. I need to learn more about zebra mussels and their life cycle...because it appears to me that they aren't near as thick in this part of the lake this year. Last year they were on everything that came into my shop and every dock cable and swim ladder had mussels attached to them.......This year, not so much.
fishinwrench Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Two things came to mind today and prompted me to resurrect this thread from a year ago.... 1. I am on the lake every day and haven't seen a single zebra mussel on anything all season (Where'd they go? ). 2. Saw a contributor to this thread below Bagnell today... How would you rate that water quality, Jack? Just curious.
Justin Spencer Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 1. I am on the lake every day and haven't seen a single zebra mussel on anything all season (Where'd they go? ). I heard the e-coli killed them off. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
Members Stu675 Posted October 19, 2012 Members Posted October 19, 2012 Just think of the stuff they would find in part cove... I shiver with that thought.
fishinwrench Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 PC only gets polluted into for about 40 days a year. The coves that are lined with homes gets it pretty much 365.
UnCivE Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 PC only gets polluted into for about 40 days a year. The coves that are lined with homes gets it pretty much 365. PC is a drop in the bucket compared to the many thousands of residences dumping untreated sewage into the lake.
Members Ranger Dave Posted October 29, 2012 Members Posted October 29, 2012 I went to high school within sight of Lake Granbury in North Texas. It was lined with homes and canals and marinas and whatever for probably half the shoreline of the lake. We never had a problem with e.coli Granbury Lake is brackish and will have a different reaction with e. coli. In addition, Lake Granbury is about 1/10 the size of LOZ and I don't remember having that many beaches on. How do you know it didn't have a problem? I don't remembery hearing about e. coli in many lakes several years ago. This didn't mean it didn't exist.... it just means they didn't test it back then.
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