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Started by Conan71, April 02, 2007, 03:53:57 PM

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Conan71

April 02, 2007, 03:53:57 PM
My daughter had a rowing meet at the Chesapeake Boathouse on the Oklahoma River on Saturday.

It's a beautiful facility but I was shocked at how much trash was in the water between the dock and shore.  I mean plastic bottles and jugs, styrofoam cups, full trash bags, paper goods, etc.  As well, there is a cove on the west side of the boat house and there was even more trash at the end of the cove- more of the same, plus tires, and other assorted garbage.  It looked like you could walk across the trash.

It's been years since I've seen that much trash anywhere along the Arkansas in Tulsa.

Does anyone know if OKC just doesn't take care of their improvements, or would this have just been an anomaly due to the heavy rain they had last week?
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SoonerRiceGrad

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April 02, 2007, 10:28:46 PM
Anomaly.

TheArtist

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April 02, 2007, 10:31:53 PM
If you go look at the new water retention pond at centennial park, you will see that all the trash that once flowed directly into the river is now collecting quite nicely there. [:D]
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Conan71

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April 03, 2007, 01:42:13 PM
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Originally posted by SoonerRiceGrad

Anomaly.


I just found it rather odd with Saturday being a big "open house" day at the boat house they hadn't gotten out and tried to clean up most of the trash first.
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InsideOut

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April 03, 2007, 09:30:49 PM
I'd say it was the exception.  I attended a tour of the river around a month ago and got to look at the hydraulics of the dams and the lock system that they will use to lift passenger boats up to higher elevations of the river and it was clean on the day we went.  I visited with a couple of the public works dept. guys, and they were well aware of how important it was to keep it clean.  It is an impressive aesthetic and economic facility they have created on what used to be the worst area of town in OKC.
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