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From: Jonathon Burr [mailto:Jonathon.Burr@tn.gov]

Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:37 PM

To: John West; Paul Schmierbach

Cc: Barbara Scott

Subject: Kingston City Park

I scouted for signs of ash deposition at the Kingston City Park this morning (5/28/09) as requested.  I collected water samples for various ash-related metals of concern, including mercury, selenium and arsenic as well as e.coli off the main swimming dock between the 2 boat ramps.  E. coli results should be available Monday June 1st.  Metals analysis will take up to 30 days.  

I put on chest waders and walked out to wader-depths around both boat ramps, the swimming dock, and west along the walking trail out past the volleyball court.  I probed for soft sediments constantly with a steel soil probe and a long handled d-net.  The Parks Director for Kingston showed up while I was there, and confirmed for me the most heavily used swimming access areas.

The vast majority of the lake bottom as far out as I could walk was riprap and coarse gravel with snails.  In a few spots along the walkway between the western ramp and the volleyball courts I found hard clay residuum overlain with a little hard grit and gravel; other spots were clean river sand with natural small gravel mixed in.

I could find no silt or other sediments finer than coarse sand anywhere in my wading range.  There was no sign of ash deposited anywhere.  The swimming areas were almost totally free of the kind of silt/mud than I would normally expect to find on the inside bend of a reservoir - apparently not a deposition zone.

I will provide the sampling results as soon as they come back from the lab - JEB