Lake Apopka Restoration Project Weekly Report (May 6 to 10, 1968)
Alternative Title
Lake Apopka Restoration Project Report
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Sewage disposal--Florida
Description
A weekly report of the Lake Apopka Technical Committee, chaired by C. W. Sheffield. The committee was an initiative by Governor Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. (1926-2011) to investigate pollution and possible restoration of Lake Apopka, launched in 1967. This report discusses plans to speak to the Leesburg Chamber of Commerce; discussion of the Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Commission meeting on May 7, 1968; plans to hold a complete review of the project with the Federal Air and Water Pollution Control Commission on June 13; routine sampling of fish populations for pesticide analysis; notes on the Purdue Industrial Waste Conference; discussion of nutrient removal using aluminum compounds, and a committee project investigating this at Turkey Lake; and discussion of a pesticide sampling program with Dr. John Eye, and plans to retain his services for assistance with the project.
Creator
Sheffield, C. W.
Source
Original 2-page typewritten report by C. W. Sheffield, May 10, 1968: binder 1968, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
Date Created
1968-05-10
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 2-page typewritten report by C. W. Sheffield, May 10, 1968.
Is Part Of
Binder 1968, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
"Learn About Your Watershed: Ocklawaha River Watershed." Florida's Water: Ours to Protect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/.
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Original Format
2-page typewritten report on Lake Apopka Technical Committee letterhead