| MoDNR Will Study Water Data Then Make Move |
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| Written by Michael McSorley |
| Friday, 27 November 2009 11:39 |
Lake residents won't see the full results of the governor's baseline water survey until December.
The facility sweep wrapped up this week along with the baseline water data collection. Seventy-eight sites from Truman to Bagnell dams were tested for a variety of things, including chloride, pesticides, specific conductivity and phosphorous. Judd Slivka, spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says the governor's survey collected a lot of data. "We found a pretty good snapshot for what the lake looks like in October when it's not under a lot of stress," Slivka said. "We did find two locations, one in the Niangua Arm and the other in the Glaize Arm of the lake where the E. coli had exceeded the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) thresholds." Slivka says all of the data will be compiled and put into a comprehensive report. "I think that we're really waiting to see what the data says. We think that proceeding thoughtfully is the probably the best way to do it. Obviously this was a little bit of a hot button issue statewide." He says the focus will then be what to do. "We're going to see what we have," he said. "We've got great, great staff, great professional scientists and scientific minds who can sit down and really tell us what this means and what we can do." "Then we start going for best fits to the money that we have." The full report should be released before the end of the year. |
| Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 11:46 |