Articles written by John Martin

John Martin, General Manager of Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District|Aug 6, 2016

A recent news article (LA Times, July 29, 2016) stated that the State Water Resources Control Board has declared numerous California reservoirs and lakes as "mercury impaired" because they have sampled fish from those reservoirs with methylmercury levels exceeding 0.2 milligrams per kilogram of fish tissue (or 2 parts of mercury per ten million parts of fish tissue). Lake Sherwood had the highest level detected at 0.65 mg/kg. Already the SWRCB has placed 85 lakes and reservoirs on their 303(d)...