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As part of their continuing fight to put money over the environment, quality of life and safe drinking water, Republican leaders of the NC state are proposing to gut the utrient management rules for the Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, Falls Lake and Jordan Lake watersheds and direct the politically appointed Environmental Management Commission to write new rules by 2019. Oh joy. Maybe we can have them drink that water all times at the General Assembly so they can reap the benefits of their wise decision.
It doesn't sound like the old rules ever went into full effect. Maybe replacing them with rules that can actually be implemented would lead to a more timely solution. I'd rather there be effective rules that actually help clean the water now, than rules that may clean it even more but can never be full implemented.
It doesn't sound like the old rules ever went into full effect. Maybe replacing them with rules that can actually be implemented would lead to a more timely solution. I'd rather there be effective rules that actually help clean the water now, than rules that may clean it even more but can never be full implemented.
Who knew you were such an expert on water quality too!
Is there any issue that you don't march lock-step with these goons on?
Yeah. There's one on the front page of this forum!
Not that I'd expect you to actually notice. Based on your posting history details aren't your strong suit.
If you ever find that I overlook a detail, I'd be more than happy to hear it. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not aware of every nuance within a particular topic. I'd imagine you aren't either.
From what I read this is about nutrient levels in lakes.
The #1 cause of nutrient levels is land development. People build houses, then fertilize the plants in their yard, which runs off into the lake, causing algal blooms, low dissolved oxygen, which screws up the ecosystem.
The NC Senate seems to want to open up more land to development, because in their words, "The land is rendered useless." (i.e. to the GOP, unless you develop land, it serves no purpose.)
This will have the impact of lowering D.O. levels even further in these lakes.
Sounds like a question of limiting development by owners of property along the watershed or letting them develop, but treating the water afterwards, right? Do we know that housing development is the primary contributor to the nutrient imbalance? Are there other factors that should be considered before exercising a form of eminent domain?
Sounds like a question of limiting development by owners of property along the watershed or letting them develop, but treating the water afterwards, right?
Allowing runoff to filter through undeveloped land is one treatment for this type of pollution. But ultimately you have to control the amount of nutrients that runoff into the lake, and there isn't a realistic solution besides controlling what people do with the surrounding land.
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Do we know that housing development is the primary contributor to the nutrient imbalance?
Not housing development specifically, but land development in general. It can be commercial, residential, industrial, etc.
Although for nutrient levels it does tend to be low-density housing with big, fertilized lawns; high-density housing, commercial and industrial tend to bring more exotic types of pollutants that aren't really "nutrient" related.
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Are there other factors that should be considered before exercising a form of eminent domain?
Sure. But in the absence of some 'magic bullet' , the GOP's ultimate position on the matter is that land development is a higher priority than water quality.
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