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MrHodja
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Who pulled that out of their Wazoo?
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8/3/2010 7:26:58 AM
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No, not from the wazoo, but from the Dadeville Record article on the Lake Martin.com home page:
"We’re talking about a much larger lake if we go with the proposed
change,” said Dr. David Bayne, professor emeritus at Auburn University.
“The lake is going to be deeper, have more surface area and more volume
and there are consequences to that.”
The members of the panel identified multiple problems that could result from the changes.
Bayne said a change in water level could move the transition zone, where the Tallapoosa River becomes Lake Martin, upstream.
“The reason that’s important is you get a lot of sedimentation in the transition zone,” he said.
Sedimentation could increase throughout the lake if the water level
is increased, according to Jim Ruane of Reservoir Environmental
Management Inc. That increased sedimentation would lead to
eutrophication, which is a build-up of plant nutrients in the water.
While Lake Martin is an exceptionally clean lake, eutrophication could cause algae or weed growth in some areas of the lake."
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