[Durham INC] Falls Lake --

[Melissa Rooney]

FYI -- Melissa



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From: "Elizabeth Ouzts, Environment North Carolina Director" 
<action at environmentnorthcarolina.org>
To: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 3:58:08 PM
Subject: Go jump in a lake

  
Hi Melissa,
With the hottest July in recent memory behind us -- and August looking pretty 
warm itself -- I'd like to jump in a lake right about now. Usually, Falls Lake 
is a great place to do just that.
But algae blooms have already caused beach closings at Falls Lake several times 
this year -- and they also affect the quality of our drinking water, and choke 
fish and other wildlife.
To save Falls Lake, state officials have developed a cleanup plan that will cut 
the nitrogen and phosphorous that cause algae blooms by more than 70 percent 
over the next several years.
Send them an e-mail to support this plan to restore Falls Lake.
Detractors of the plan are arguing that not all parts of the lake deserve a 
comprehensive cleanup.
But, in addition to drawing more than 750,000 visitors each year for swimming, 
camping, fishing and hiking, Falls Lake also provides drinking water to nearly 
half a million residents of Wake County. 

But today, uncontrolled development is threatening its waters. More paved 
surfaces create swift conduits for oil, dirt, and other pollutants to flow right 
into the lake and the streams that feed it.
With opponents of the cleanup plan arguing loudly against it, state officials 
need to hear from you.
Click the link below to send an e-mail  to state officials in support of their 
Falls Lake cleanup plan.
http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org/action/clean-water/falls-lake?id4=ES
Then, ask your family and friends to do the same.

Sincerely, 

Elizabeth Ouzts
Environment North Carolina Director
http://pirg.org/tools/http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org

P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with 
your family and friends. 

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