Friday, October 25, 2019

It's Baaa-aack!

Giant Salvinia popped up again at the Ross Barnett Reservoir.  The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Board of Trustees called held an emergency meeting today to discuss the aquatic pestilence.   The District issued the following press release and map.




20 comments:

The gift that keeps on giving said...

Just like a STD...

Cynical Sam said...

The truth is that you can never get rid of this stuff in a body of water this size. They are going to get bruises for all of the patting themselves on the back.

The truth hurts.

Anonymous said...

the PRVWSD board of trustees........... wow fish , that sounds like a pretty elegant title. hears the reality .the "board of trustees" is a bunch of unelected political bozo appointees who manage the PRVWSD right out of a chapter of alice in wonderland. this best thing the legislature could ever do is abolish the PRVWSD and hand the property over to the counties to manage. but that will not ever happen because by definition an administrative agency like the PRVWSD is an administrative agency , created by the legislature .and administrate agencies exist so that politicians can hand out big paying , do nothing, accomplish nothing ,political appointments to their cronies.

Anonymous said...

9:41: It will never clear up if dirty boats are allowed to launch in the water.

Anonymous said...

Drain it and let's see who all, I mean..., what all is in there.

Anonymous said...

Will Asian Carp eat the Giant Salvinia? Maybe we should plant Kudzu along the shoreline and allow it to snuff out the salvinia. I've heard that you need to release gorillas at some point to defeat the other invasives.

Anonymous said...

How much money was wasted & lost because of the PRVWSD? I agree with @9:41. In all honesty, what has been accomplished other than inconveniencing a lot of people.

Anonymous said...

I bet there are all kinds of surprises in the reservoir.

Cynical Sam said...

I heard that Jimmy Hoffa is in the Rez, but on the Rankin Co. side.

Anonymous said...

Probably not many surprises in the Reservoir. As bodies of water go, it's very shallow. Average depth is only about 12 feet.

Anonymous said...

@10:54

Just what do you and the other Giant Salvinia experts think the PRVWSD should have done? Nothing? I can't even imagine how loudly you and others would have been screaming if nothing had been done. I guess you would prefer that the entire RBR be overtaken with this invasive plant. Before you say it, I don't live on the Rez, I don't fish the Rez and I haven't put my toe in the Rez in over 25 years, but there is such a thing as protecting your investment. The Rez brings mega-bucks to the metro area every year.

Anon-E-Mouse said...

DearPRVWSDB: hi.giant salvinia has been a problem in north Louisiana for years. Save yourself years of heartache and wasted dollars by going over there (Lake Bisteneau) and looking to see how the state has failed to address it.


Your friend,

Anon-E-Mouse

Kingfish said...

And Jackson/Hinds rarely cooperate with anyone on anything. Remember the police radio fiasco and that is something that is very important.

Anonymous said...

What the hell has Jackson/Hinds got to do with the reservoir or PRVWSD? This is a state agency!

Concerned Citizen said...

The Rez is done. Might explain why there are derelict houses in all of the neighborhoods surrounding Pelahatchie Bay.

Back when those illegals robbed the Dollar General at knife point, the story included that additional illegals had been arrested at a nearby abandoned home. On the Rez!

Anonymous said...

Don't abolish the PRVWSD before Sigman and Waggoner get a chance to slide into a PERS retirement.

If you think there are 'derelict' houses in the Pelahatchie Bay area, take a spin around the other side to Twin Harbors. Zero regulations but if there are any, there is zero enforcement. PRV is one giant slum-lord.

Anonymous said...

Bring The Dock back, and get rid of the floating trailer park!!

Anonymous said...

11:35 - Where is the 'floating trailer park? 80% of the so called residential area around the whole rez is a virtual 'trailer park'?

Anonymous said...

Let the State take over. Like the did in Jackson.

Warner Brothers said...

'Giant Salvinia'. Sounds like a 1960, B-Grade, English Closed Caption Chinese horror show. Like 'The Blob'. Or 'The Crotch-Rot That Infected Baltimore'. Popcorn in the lobby...


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