ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS
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1. GEORGIA PACIFIC - Georgia Pacific Paper Mill in Crossett, Arkansas, releases toxic chemicals, carcinogens, and toxic metals.
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2. Cogentrix Power Plant in Sterlington, Louisiana, releases hot water into the waterbody, raising the temperature 20 to 30 DEGREES and killing spawning fish and depleting oxygen in the water.
3. Entergy Power Plant in Sterlington, Louisiana, releases hot water into the waterbody, raising the temperature 20 to 30 DEGREES and killing spawning fish and depleting oxygen in the water.
4. Angus Chemical in Sterlington, Louisiana, releases toxic chemicals, carcinogens, and toxic metals.
5. City of Monroe SEWAGE TREATMENT Plant (STP) in Richwood, Louisiana.
6. City of West Monroe STP in West Monroe, Louisiana.
7. Riverwood Paper Mill in West Monroe, Louisiana, releases toxic chemicals, carcinogens, and toxic metals.
Tributary Inputs
1. Drainage from periodically flooded woodlands in Upper Ouachita National Refuge. (High color, low dissolved oxygen (D.O.), low pH).
2. Bayou Bartholomew - Agricultural drainage (suspended sediment (TSS) dissolved NUTRIENTS, pesticides).
3. Lonewa Bayou/River Styxx - Agricultural drainage, subdivision STP discharges.
4. Bayou D'Loutre - Swamp drainage (high color, low D.O., low pH).
5. Bayou Chauvin - Subdivision STP discharges, swamp drainage.
6. Bayou D'Arbonne - Swamp drainage.
7. Tupawek Bayou - Subdivision STP discharges, urban runoff.
Other Pollution Sources
1. Urban runoff from the City of Monroe storm drains.
2. Urban runoff from the City of West Monroe storm drains.
3. Dredging of the river bottom by the Corps of Engineers releases dioxin buried under the river mud.
4. Houseboat sewage discharges.
5. Bilge discharges from tugboats.
6. Inappropriate development of wetlands.
7. Agricultural drainage.
