This will be on display afterwards if you would like to inspect the samples more. Every river in Williamson County is on the list, including the South Harpeth River. When I received a copy of this list, I reviewed the list and asked if there was a creek or river in Tennessee that was not on this list. I was told there was. The explanation was given that virtually every creek, steam, and river in the state is on this list is due to the agricultural chemicals being sprayed onto the farmland and washed into the rivers.
Rain washes chemicals into the rivers and pollutes the rivers and streams.
Franklin will be the first to admit that we have opportunities to further improve the quality of the Harpeth River. You may recall, we are going to build a walking bridge over the Harpeth from Pinkerton Park to downtown for pedestrian traffic. Franklin is in the process of working on a study for treating storm water runoff. Storm water washes a lot of pollutants into the river and treating the storm water will improve the quality of the Harpeth River. Franklin is committed to this program, but Franklin cannot do this alone.