[Durham INC] FW: Last call on Jordan Lake

[Pat Carstensen]

I hadn't known about the $2M from funds that should go to protect land around drinking water.  At the very least, the delay should include a moratorium on development around the lake -- when you are in a hole up to your chin, it's past time to keep digging.
Regards, pat

Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 09:43:53 -0400
From: molly.diggins at sierraclub.org
Subject: Last call on Jordan Lake
To: NC-CONS-FORUM at LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG

Friends,
In what will likely be the biggest remaining environmental fights of the session, the House will next week take up S 515, ironically named the Jordan Lake Water Quality Act.  


The "compromise" House version, rather than outright repealing the Jordan Lake rules, would freeze the rules in place for 3 years. $2 million would be diverted from the cash-strapped Clean Water Management Trust fund for a dubious pilot project using water circulators. The vendor will almost certainly be a company called SolarBee or Medora.




The primary beneficiary of the bill would be upstream developers who would not have to control stormwater runoff from new development, sending dirty water and flooding downstream.  Sen. Gunn, the primary sponsor of the bill, is a 




We have an action alert going out statewide today. Please act on it!
Also, here is some additional info:
1)  excellent op in today's N&O by NC scientists Mike Mallin (UNCW) and Ken Reckow (emeritus, Duke).  Many thanks to Cassis and Dustin for helping to make this happen.







Preventing pollution much better than cleaning up Jordan Lake ...


www.newsobserver.com/2013/.../preventing-pollution-much-better.html




2.  excellent and clear blog post by environmental atty Robin Smith
http://www.smithenvironment.com/



3. And, from former Chapter Chair Vince Bellis (Greenville);
 "Algae need light, carbon dioxide, and nutrients for growth. Simply aerating or mixing the water column will result in dilution and dispersion of nutrients, not reduction in amount. It is possible (likely) that dispersion of nutrients by aeration will actually stimulate algal growth. This is nothing more than a delaying tactic that may result in greater algal growth. "


Vince's  doctorate is in algal ecology/






Molly Diggins, State DirectorNC Sierra Club19  W. Hargett Street Suite 210Raleigh NC 27601919.833-8467 



molly.diggins at sierraclub.org


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