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    Complaint

    132800
    WPC
    7/17/2024
    In Person
    Algal Blooms / HABs
    black rocks
    23-AUG-2024 12:01PM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    171575
    Site
    Houston Branch at Old SR 57
    Location
    1500 block of Old SR 57 in Counce
    City
    Counce
    Description
    Stream Crossing
    County
    Hardin
    EFO Name
    Jackson
    Site Owner
    Richard Childers

    Investigation Results

    No Problem Found
    7/23/2024
    8/23/2024
    Yes

    Complaint Description and Writeup

    the creek looks bad again. There is a history in Houston Branch and specifically the west fork of Houston Branch of problems with algal blooms and black rocks. Two likely/past documented contributors are the runoff from the Shiloh Falls Development spray irrigation fields which enters Houston Branch via the eastern fork and dissolved manganese (possibly other metals) that are conveyed into the west Fork and further into Houston Branch as the west fork flows through a lake with a breached dam (Leisure Lake). The dam was built between 1990 and 1999 and was breached in approx. 2022.