Martha McMakin

Wainwright, David
From:
Martha McMakin <marthamcmakin @me.com>
Sent:
Monday, March 31, 2014 12:45 PM
To:
Bashaw, Justin P SAW
Subject:
[EXTERNAL] Circulators at Jordan Lake
The proposed plan to install circulators at Jordan Lake has been discussed in local papers for months. Area scientists
who are not connected to the project have written extensively about the circulators being ineffective in large bodies of
water. Not only do they not clean algae from the water, but they stir up sediment contaminated with mercury which
can further damage the lake's water quality and aquatic life.
This appears to be a boondoggle project most enthusiastically endorsed by those who stand to profit from the purchase
of the circulators and by those who are reluctant to invest in cleaning and keeping clean our source of essential drinking
water. It also appears to be yet another short sighted Army Corps of Engineer's project which will do more long term
harm than anticipated.
Martha M. McMakin
Raleigh, NC
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