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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 1:38
PM
Subject: Re: E-M:/ NOW - Southern
Michigan Field Moisture Conditions
Greetings-
Feel free to send some of your extra moisture to the western
U.P.! We've had plenty of lake-effect, but system snows have
almost all been missing us this winter. And, of course, we typically get
little rain here in the winter. We still have plenty of snow (2 - 4
feet, generally) on the ground, but with minimal thawing all winter, we have
lost much less than normal to aquifers.
Which brings up a question. Does anyone know of a web site
that reports water table levels in wells on a scheduled basis?
Thanks.
-doug-
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Alex J. Sagady &
Associates <ajs@sagady.com> wrote:
Flood warning (below) from WUNDERGROUND for
southern
lower Michigan area.....
Warming and precipitation together with not
completely
unfrozen soils in some locations has created saturated soil
conditions
in Southern Lower Michigan
likely to cause field soil and
waste pollution effluents.
water activist groups should
consider tracking local wastewater effluent discharges
this weekend
from:
1. stormwater from CAFO fields with previous land
application
and no incorporation....also....this is the type of
condition in which
an operator (who has not been diligent about prior
landspreading operations)
may find themselves with an overflowing liquid
waste storage
facility, or inundated field BMP
conditions.
2. local construction site stormwater
effluents and presence of current
BMP implementation to control
present stormwater event.......is your
local building and construction
site pouring sediment-laden, turbid water
down local street storm drains
and into local watercourses?
3. agricultural field soil erosion
and turbid runoff conditions,
the presence of best management practices,
if any, to control
bare soil erosive processes.
[Hey...maybe farmers receiving federal subsidies
should install and
maintain BMPs as a condition for receiving such
subsidies] How is
your local ag operator and neighbor doing in this
department?
4. local combined sewer overflows, including
operation of
CSOs and any uncontrolled effluents and
bypasses.
5. urban stormwater runoff effects from
persistent rains
under stagnating precipitation producing frontal
condition.
6. turbid and degraded conditions in major
rivers, Saginaw Bay,
Lake St. Clair (Canadian side) and Western Lake
Erie.
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From: Weather Underground Email Service
<emailer@email.wunderground.com>
To: ajs@sagady.com
Subject:
Areal Flood Watch for Lansing, MI
Weather Underground Email
Service for Lansing, MI
Areal Flood Watch as of 10:03 PM EST on March
07, 2009
...Flood Watch remains in effect through Sunday
evening...
The Flood Watch continues for
* portions of south
central Michigan and southwest Michigan...
including the following
areas...in south central Michigan...
Calhoun...Eaton...Ingham and
Jackson. In southwest Michigan...
Allegan...Barry...Kalamazoo and
Van Buren.
* Through Sunday evening
* rainfall will continue
into Sunday evening...and will be locally
heavy at times. An
additional 1 to 2 inches of rainfall will be
possible from tonight
through Sunday night. Storm total rainfall
amounts will range from
1 to locally 3 inches.
* Areal flooding will be possible with already
saturated soils...
and additional locally heavy rainfall
expected.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flood Watch
means there is a potential for flooding based on
current
forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for
possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should
be
prepared to take action should flooding
develop.
* <
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=DTX>NEXRAD Radar
* <
http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp>U.S. Severe Weather
* <
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/>Tropical Storm Activity
* < http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/>Weather Webcams
* <
http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewimages.html>Wunder
Photos
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Alex J. Sagady &
Associates http://www.sagady.com
Environmental Enforcement,
Permit/Technical Review, Public Policy,
Expert Witness Review and
Litigation Investigation on Air, Water and
Waste/Community Environmental
and Resource Protection
Prospectus at: http://www.sagady.com/sagady.pdf
657 Spartan
Avenue, East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 332-6971; ajs@sagady.com
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Doug
Welker
26344 Tauriainen Road
Pelkie MI 49958
(906)
338-2680
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