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Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:29 pm to fightin tigers
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This sounds like complete and utter bullshite. It may not meet their needs due to certain criteria, but the river is not polluted.
You can't be serious.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:30 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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Yeah, I didn't believe it at first, either.
If they are treating it for cooling water or to add to the process they are likely putting chemicals into it that DEQ/EPA don't want in the water. Organics and such get high scrutiny. Taking water out and returning it (such as once through cooling water) will never result in it being too polluted and needing treatment. Every site is different, so maybe there is some crazy situation.
If the river water is being used at the point it needs to be treated coming across the levee then it gets expensive and will probably have to be treated leaving to make sure it meets regulations. Yes, they want the water cleaner going back in the river than it came out, doesn't mean the river is polluted.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:36 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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KNOW THE DANGER!
Fortunately I do, more concerned about Amite River than I am the Mississippi. Only eat catfish above Gray's Creek.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:36 pm to fightin tigers
None of the run-off from farmland along the Miss. river is regulated by EPA and likely never will due to the farm lobby. Any guess as to where all that pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer goes every time it rains?
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:38 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
There is nothing wrong with eating the catfish out of the Missisisippi River. It The very large ones may have some bio accumulation but I doubt you would be cleaning and eating >50 lb catfish. There was a study done when I was at LSU where they caught catfish from the river and tested for pollutants and were not able to find anything. The tremendous volume and flow of the river, the large quantities of humic acid (organic matter that acts as a floculant) were two of the reasons that were thought to have low levels of pollutant. You really are more likely to eat bad fish when taken from a pond with stagnant flow because toxins accumulate and concentrate over time.
Also the story about the river being too polluted....I think you misunderstood because there is no way that is right. Most companies will only take what they need from the river because it is expensive to treat the water and return back to the river. There are strict requirements as far as chemicals and even temperature of the outflow back to the river, so it is inefficient to take more than what you need.
Also the story about the river being too polluted....I think you misunderstood because there is no way that is right. Most companies will only take what they need from the river because it is expensive to treat the water and return back to the river. There are strict requirements as far as chemicals and even temperature of the outflow back to the river, so it is inefficient to take more than what you need.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:39 pm to MadDoggyStyle
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None of the run-off from farmland along the Miss. river is regulated by EPA and likely never will due to the farm lobby. Any guess as to where all that pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer goes every time it rains?
Very true, nitrogen levels will be a serious problem in the future. All that is well above any of the chem plants in S. La.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:42 pm to fightin tigers
I think what the guy is saying may be true.
I have no doubt the background contamination (heavy metals, solids, fecal coliform, etc.) in the MS river exceeds the allowable discharge limits set by EPA/DEQ in some area.
The limits for discharge to any storm sewer or tributary are pretty strict. They measure this stuff in PPM (parts per million).
I have no doubt the background contamination (heavy metals, solids, fecal coliform, etc.) in the MS river exceeds the allowable discharge limits set by EPA/DEQ in some area.
The limits for discharge to any storm sewer or tributary are pretty strict. They measure this stuff in PPM (parts per million).
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:46 pm to AndyCBR
Depending on your clean water permit, water pulled out of the ground might have to be treated before it can be put into the river.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:50 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Nah man not unless you want to turn into the hulk
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:50 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Hell no not unless you want cancer
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:52 pm to Trout Bandit
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IWEI A buddy runs lines every spring during the flood season. The catfish he catches fry up just fine.
I don't think he was necessarily asking how it would cook or whether is would EXPLODE upon contact with hot grease....even though that would have been MY concern!!!
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:53 pm to fightin tigers
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Depending on your clean water permit, water pulled out of the ground might have to be treated before it can be put into the river.
Yep.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:58 pm to Diddles
I bet most of the folks saying no would happily eat redfish and specs pulled out of the marsh in S.La. which is fed by the same water
Posted on 1/4/15 at 12:59 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Plants pull water from the river to use in their process. Then it's sent through filters and water treatment units where it's returned to the river, cleaner than when it arrived.
The water is fine and so are the fish. Eat up!
The water is fine and so are the fish. Eat up!
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:23 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Catfish, Tilapia. Garbaggio. Do not eat.
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:24 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Yes. Unless you wont eat catfish at all. The miss river floods or connects to most bodies of water in south LA.
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