I crossed paths with a Cormorant all tangled in a net at least 15-20 feet long, weighted, with a dozen fish twisted up in it. One of the fish is barely visible under the floats. Had to get up close and personal with the pissed off Cormorant for over 20 minutes managing to cut away most of the net and floats so it could move freely again. Doubtful it'll ever fly again though. Why do they allow these underwater nets in the recreational Dog River watershed? The wheels of government move slow. Thankfully there is finally a confirmation of a fuel spill in Upper Dog River watershed's Montlimar Creek even though my nose confirmed it a month ago. The good folks at Fox 10 news are beginning to ask some serious questions. I see where over $1 million of BP restoration money is being spent to build a nearby boat ramp. Meantime the trash pollution and petroleum pollution is ignored in Mobile's waterways. Nothing like the smell of petroleum while jogging along the Montlimar Fitness Trail. Priorities Priorities... I see where the Coastal Recovery Commission is wanting to spend
2 million dollars of BP money to map out Mobile's Drainage System. Sweet Deal for some Engineering Company eh? Mobile Group is the engineering firm who the City of Mobile contracts out to do Storm Water Management for half a million dollars a year. So this proposal to map out the drainage system for a cost of $2,000,000 means the City of Mobile doesn't have a map of their drainage system now. Holy Moly! What does Mobile Group do? Who is in charge of Storm Water Management in Mobile? Apparently no one. No wonder why the City's storm water infrastructure is in a state of decay. When it comes to storm water management, City Engineering doesn't know what it has or where it is located. That is absolutely hilarious! So, if your part of the City of Mobile floods, know you know the rest of the story... Another winter season goes by
when the shoreline vegetation is mostly dead and the waterway litter is easy to access and remove but the City and Environmental Groups ignore the pollution for another year. Another wasted opportunity. What is in your recreational waters? Don't ask. Most don't know. Most don't care. There will be consequences for turning your recreational waterways (and drinking water supply lakes) into sewage, chemical and trash dumps. Enjoy your Cancer Treatments. Did the New Year bring any changes at the City of Mobile's Municipal Park? No Change.
Whoever is responsible for keeping trashy Municipal Park clean should be fired immediately. Last year the City Council of Mobile approved giving "Mobile Group"
almost half a million dollars to maintain the City of Mobile's Stormwater Management Contract for just ONE year. http://blog.al.com/live/2013/04/mobile_city_council_approves_m_1.html According to my calculations, with that much money, Mobile Group could be employing at least ten full time Stormwater inspectors to spend all day going up and down what few Drainage Ditches there are in Mobile, especially when it rains, monitoring the condition of the ditches and pipes and what comes out of them. If there was any Storm Water Management in the City of Mobile drainage system, then... Sanitary Sewer Overflows would not continue to go unnoticed and unreported. Petroleum pollution would not continue to go unnoticed and unreported. Trash Pollution would not continue to go unnoticed and unreported. Muddy Water Pollution would not continue to go unnoticed and unreported. Sediment pollution would would not continue to go unnoticed and unreported. But they do and I'm tired of having to be the one reporting the waterway pollution. The lucratively paid Mobile Group should know what is coming out of the storm water drainage pipes in Mobile and be addressing the pollution problems. The seclusive Mobile Group obviously is not monitoring the storm water ditches. But, maybe ADEM and the City don't require Mobile Group to monitor what comes out of the storm water ditches so it isn't a Mobile Group problem. Meantime, the violations of the Clean Water Act continue unabated. What a ripoff of taxpayer money. Seriously, someone should be fired. With all the advances we have in the petroleum industry and chemistry, I would have thought there would be some sort of material hazardous spill response teams can put on a fuel oil or diesel spill to absorb the smelly petroleum. Apparently not. Perhaps my frustration stems from "expecting" too much. No one has yet reported where this fuel oil is coming from. Why, we have to wait a week before Fox10 gets the testing lab report to find out what the substance is. A clean up worker saw me taking photos and asked, "You Gonna Sue Em?" Why would he ask that? Because that is Mobile mentality. Can't win the lottery? Hire a lawyer. For you City of Mobile people reading my Ugly rants, fret not. I have no intent to sue the City's WAVE Transit Facility for violations of the Clean Water Act. That is what Mobile Baykeeper and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management are for. I only observe and report and ask questions. Why is there still petroleum flowing down the ditch along the WAVE Transit facility? Why is the City's WAVE Transit property lined with litter? Who is monitoring the sediment pollution in Montlimar Creek? Does the City of Mobile not care about the Environment? Apparently Not. Click on any thumbnail below to see a larger view of the photos. |
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