Grand Lake Water Alliance to be Formed
Who is the one person in Oklahoma that wakes up every morning and worries about the water quality of Grand Lake? No one. Despite the issue being under an umbrella of several state agencies, DEQ, Water Quality Board, no one person is in charge of worrying about the water quality in Grand Lake, John Gillette, chairman of Rural Water District #9, told Grove Rotary members Wednesday.
So a new, citizen-driven alliance is being formed by such long-time Grove residents as Carl Metcalf, Gillette, Larry Harrelson, and Jim Corbridge, to organize and work up a watershed plan. Gillette pointed out that Chesapeake Bay has had such an organization for 22 years. The organization will work with the states of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas to get volunteer cooperation from landowners in the lake's huge watershed, and two EPA offices who supervise activities in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Some 75% of the water in Grand Lake comes from Kansas, it was pointed out.
Gillette said "both state and Federal governments have asked us to do this. We won't notice any improvement now, but our children and grandchildren will."
Grand Lake Water Watch has been in existence for 15 years and its' records will be used as a baseline for the new alliance, Harrelson said.
"We are looking for volunteers," Gillette said of the citizen-drive alliance.
So a new, citizen-driven alliance is being formed by such long-time Grove residents as Carl Metcalf, Gillette, Larry Harrelson, and Jim Corbridge, to organize and work up a watershed plan. Gillette pointed out that Chesapeake Bay has had such an organization for 22 years. The organization will work with the states of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas to get volunteer cooperation from landowners in the lake's huge watershed, and two EPA offices who supervise activities in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Some 75% of the water in Grand Lake comes from Kansas, it was pointed out.
Gillette said "both state and Federal governments have asked us to do this. We won't notice any improvement now, but our children and grandchildren will."
Grand Lake Water Watch has been in existence for 15 years and its' records will be used as a baseline for the new alliance, Harrelson said.
"We are looking for volunteers," Gillette said of the citizen-drive alliance.
posted by Editor | 1:35 AM
3 Comments:
This is great!
This shows how little you really know about the GLA and its' Water Watch Program. For the 1st 5 years of its' existence NONE of the Data was used by the State. Then after that they would not use it because the Water Watchers did not check the water at the same places each time. And one can watch the water ALL DAy, but that does not reveal the cause. Better check you facts and not listen to those that blow their own horn.
Thank you Judith.
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