I have some concerns in addition to navigation, hydropower, flood control and the placing of more demands upon the Flint River. This information is necessary to make sound management decisions regarding the effects of operations on the reservoir ecology. As you are aware sludge has been building up in these lakes for a considerable time with very little being known about it. This sludge carries with it ecological elements from Atlanta's partially or non-treated sewage. How this sludge will react and effect the downstream neighbors and ground water hydrology when the temperature rises from stagnation is a mystery.
Little information exists on the ecological features of most reservoirs.
This information is necessary to make sound management decisions regarding the effects of operations on the reservoir ecology. Water from these impoundments serves as municipal and irrigation supplies, supports significant sport fisheries, and is used extensively for recreational purposes. The program would include developing priority parameters, followed by survey, monitoring and instrumentation. Collected data would then be incorporated into reservoir operating plans and resource management plans. Reclamation has little information on the ecology of the reservoirs it manages.