Ocoee River Gets Gift Of Sludge From TVA, Too

TVA has released muddy sludge once again, this time on the Ocoee River in East Tennessee.

Efforts to repair one of a series of dams on the river released sediment into the rocky channel over the weekend, agency spokeswoman Barbara Martocci confirmed Thursday. The U.S. Forest Service discovered the problem Sunday.

Two days later, a section of the Ocoee River Gorge -- a world-renowned location for whitewater sports and site of Olympic competition during the 1996 Atlanta games -- was about half-filled with black, foul-smelling muck, said Tisha Calabrese-Benton, spokeswoman for the state Department of Environment and Conservation.

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Comments

[sloreader]

All the you know what just keeps heading downstream

[FPElitist]

State regulators are supposed to be in control of this, but are apparently inept. What I want to know is the exact place where this dam is.

[GrayOwl]

Surely there must be some regulatory agency with authority over this, Which one(s)? Criminal penalties? Significant fines? This story, by the way, is insufficient. It should contain the names and titles of the officials who ordered this, not just the name and title of the TVA mouthpiece. People make decisions, and those people must be held to account. Their friends and neighbors -- as well as others -- are entitled to know who they are. This is known as accountability.