The creek above me runs through several properties. The Rotenone would be applied on my property with the valve closed. I understand it dissapates w/in 30 days max so they'll be no threat downstream either.
No way to permanently divert the creek. It's actually one of the key features for this pond which will keep it full, rather than depending on runoff. After my stocked population gets established the threat from native fish is gone since they won't have had a chance to take root with LMB & bream on their tails.
Yeah we hit water digging the core - that's why we had to go so deep for the core.
As far as the goats are concerned - they've topped tractors, sheds, trees, rockpiles, and stumps, but no Buicks!
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"Anderson was dubbed "The Electric City" in 1895 when William C. Whitner, an engineer and native of Anderson, built a hydroelectric power plant which was the first in the South to transmit electricity over long distances. The plant, in McFall's Mill at High Shoals on the Rocky River 6 mi. E, supplied power to light the city and also operated several small industries in Anderson. In 1897 Whitner replaced the
experimental plant with a larger generated station at Portman Shoals 11 mi. W on the Seneca River. The extra power from this plant powered Anderson Cotton Mills and a streetcar line which was the forerunner of the Piedmont & Northern RR. Both plants pioneered in transmitting high voltage electricity direct from the station switchboard. This innovation helped spur the modern industrialization of the Southeast." - you asked for it!
