Barges

[John6185]

They say they had fertilizer on the barges, what will that do to the river downstream? Will it dilute and be nullified or create many problems?

 

[Perplexed]

They say they had fertilizer on the barges, what will that do to the river downstream? Will it dilute and be nullified or create many problems?

They claim it’s non toxic, but I expect it’ll at least cause a significant drop in DO wherever it settles, as well as an algae bloom. Just depends on how fast and how long the water flows over the settled material.

 

[yukonjack]

They say they had fertilizer on the barges, what will that do to the river downstream? Will it dilute and be nullified or create many problems?

There is such a massive amount of water moving through there it will completely dilute it so much it wouldn't show up in a water sample.

 

[Shadowrider]

They say they had fertilizer on the barges, what will that do to the river downstream? Will it dilute and be nullified or create many problems?

I was seeing that argument on FB. I was asking why they didn't just sink them in a shallow spot and recover later. They were citing an "ecological disaster". I was like, "OK lets just do nothing and add biblical flood to the deal".

Glad the dam held up. I figured it would, but 3800 tons crashing into things ain't ever good.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Did they say what type of fertilizer was on the barges?
It will mess some stuff up for sure. Big question is on what scale.

 

[Timmy59]

Here's to hoping it was chicken poop or reclaimed cow farts AOC had ordered..

 

[CorpsVet]

Looking at the "crash" in slow mo, one of the flood gates may have gotten "boogered"

 

[swampratt]

I seen that kind of bubbled the water on the other side.

Buddy was fishing there one summer a few years ago below the dam.
Only him there fishing and a Guy that worked the dam asked if he was about finished fishing.
He said yea about 10 more minutes and I am leaving.

He asked why.
He was told the shad population was so bad it was messing with the turbins and they were going to kill off some shad.
As he was leaving they added something to the water that turned it all blue and shad were dying and going down stream.

That story from him bothers me to this day.
What other fish did it kill.
Is this why we see a lot of dead fish in a river somewhere and no explanation on the death.

I do not think the fertilizer will hurt anything at least no more than the blue chemical that killed the shad.

 

[Louro]

They say they had fertilizer on the barges, what will that do to the river downstream? Will it dilute and be nullified or create many problems?

Hopefully the fish will grow at a rapid pace.

 

[AKguy1985]

Glad it didnt destroy the dam.