05-28-16 – Lake Conroe Status Update (SJRA - San Jacinto River Authority)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Update on Status of Lake Conroe. At this time, Lake Conroe remains closed to motorized vessels due to the presence of submerged objects, floating debris, and other hazards that could put people's safety at risk ... As of 1.00 PM today, Lake Conroe had crested at a level of 204.5' above mean sea level and is beginning to recede ... See Figure 1 below for a graph showing the water level in Lake Conroe over the past several days ... Peak Lake Level....

Don’t discard fruit peels, they could save a lake

Edit The Hindu 29 May 2016
disposal of organic waste and frothing of lakes due to pollution. Mohammad Athiq and Abhishek B., final year students of Sapthagiri College of Engineering, have created a filter using fruit peels that can reduce flouride content in lake water by approximately 92.5 per cent ... Since Bellandur lake has high flouride content, the students used sweet lime and pineapple peels, which have high affinity to fluoride ions....

Prevent pollution of waterbodies, MLA told

Edit The Hindu 29 May 2016
Ravi, secretary, Sri Sarvamangala Nagar Residents’ Association, said the main demands included the conservation and protection of two lakes in the vicinity from encroachments and unchecked pollution ... Residents wanted excess drawing of groundwater from borewells already sunk in the Sembakkam Lake bed be stopped....

There’s something fishy in this Bengaluru’s lakes!

Edit Deccan Chronicle 29 May 2016
But with the state government doing little to enforce the ban in Karnataka, the cannibalistic fish has already entered the Cauvery river system and is now found in almost all lakes of the city, posing a serious threat to their biodiversity ... But the African Catfish is also a threat to people as it feeds on waste accumulated on the lake bed....

Saguaro Lake, Lake Pleasant hit capacity

Edit AZ Central 29 May 2016
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office officials closed admission to Lake Pleasant and Saguaro Lake off and on Saturday due to capacity issues ... ....

State warns of toxic algae forming on Illinois lakes, rivers

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 29 May 2016
SPRINGFIELD — State officials are warning anyone spending time on Illinois lakes and rivers to watch out for a type of rapidly growing algae that can cause ......

Real Salt Lake at Columbus Crew SC

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 29 May 2016
Real Salt Lake is on the road Saturday evening to face Columbus Crew SC starting at 5.30 p.m. Follow our live game blog here for all the action and updates from Tribune RSL reporter Chris Kamrani ....

Live chat from the state high school baseball tournament

Edit The Seattle Times 29 May 2016
Follow along as Times correspondent Doug Drowley updates from the state baseball tournament in Pasco, where its Lakeside vs. Lake Washington in the 3A final and Kentwood against Skyline in the 4A final at 7 p.m ... ....

We planned to move out of Chicago

Edit Chicago Tribune 29 May 2016
Less than 12 hours after her daughter was shot to death on Lake Shore Drive, Diana Mercado wept bitterly outside her family's apartment as she said she'd planned to get her 15-year-old daughter out of Chicago in a year. "Now they took my baby," she said. Her daughter, Veronica Lopez, was the youngest... ....

Kristek's walk-off, extra-inning single gives Whiting the title

Edit The Indiana Times 29 May 2016
LAKE STATION — For the second game in a row, Whiting's Valerie Kristek came up to bat with two outs in extra innings and a chance to give her team the win, and for the second straight game, she came ... ....

Flood survivors throw thank-you party for contractor ‘angels’

Edit The State 29 May 2016
Indigo Construction crews did a lot of work at no charge for Forest Lake Place condo residents. Historic October flood brought residents, contractors together as friends. ‘Have you ever had an electrician that called on Easter to see if you had family? ... That’s the connection that was made,’ resident says ... ....

Slain Utah rail worker's family offers forgiveness to killer

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 29 May 2016
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of family, friends and colleagues remembered a slain Utah rail ......
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