| Overview: Jordan Lake Watch |
updated: 29 April 07 |
This site is a repository for documentation of the continuing water-quality problems that now plague Jordan Lake, primarily photographs taken by various volunteers.
Each sub-folder on the site will contain an overview file (like this one) with a brief description of the contents, with occasional bits of commentary.
Wastewater continues to cascade down the Haw River & other tributaries that feed the lake -- from Greensboro, Burlington, Mebane, Graham, Chapel Hill, Durham. Stormwater polluted with sediment & nutrients flows in from virtually all points of the compass, but especially from lakeside development in Chatham County (along Big Woods Road) and in the area of Wake & Chatham Counties east of NC 751.
The inevitable & thoroughly-predictable result -- frequent muddy messes, complete with algae blooms & occasional (so far) fish kills.
Space is limited, as is volunteer time & energy, so this site will forever remain a work in progress. Please check back occasionally to see evidence of the continuous & continuing degradation of this once-beautiful resource.
To learn more about how YOU become Part of the Solution to the myriad ecological, policy, and enforcement problems facing Jordan Lake & its primary tributary, the Haw River, please contact the Haw River Assembly!
visit the Haw River Assembly Website: call the Haw River Assembly office: 919 - 542 - 5790
email the Haw River Assembly office:
Comments are welcome: jordan.lake.watch@earthlink.net
