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CLEAN WATER


 Table Rock Lake Shoreline Cleanup


 Our lake  community   2021 TABLE ROCK LAKE   important, and so are
 continually looks for op-  SHORELINE CLEANUP   the emotional invest-
 portunities to beautify   ments made by gener-
 our waters and to keep   Mark your calendar for   ations of families who
 them clean. The annual   two weekends:    create memories here.
 shoreline cleanup is a   September 18th & 19th
 prime example.   September 25th & 26th   The cumulative impacts
 To participate in the   of dumping is important
 In 2020, under the   22nd Annual    for young people to see.
 guidance of  Ozarks   Shoreline Cleanup visit  Events like the annual
 Water Watch, over 600   ozarkswaterwatch.org  shoreline cleanup give
 volunteers put their   people an opportunity
 hands and feet into   organization has made   to experience instant
 motion cleaning the   a positive impact on   gratification, knowing
 equivalent of 566 pick-  water quality on Table   they made a difference.
 up truck loads of debris   Rock, Bull Shoals, and
 from area lakes.   Taneycomo lakes.    Ozarks Water Watch
 also helps citizens
 As with every cleanup,   From implementing a   better understand our
 some unusual items   program to replace/  karst geology and how
 are removed from our   repair failing septic sys-  shallow soils and the
 precious waterways.   tems to water quality   rock below can move
 Reports included   monitoring, they have   contaminants quickly
 bathtubs, a refrigerator,   grown to add other   into our groundwater.
 tires and trash.  One   tasks.  They focus on
 volunteer even saved    educating the public on   With science-based in-
 a drowning bat.  how each person can   formation, landowners
 contribute to protecting  can make responsible
 our waters.    decisions about how to
 manage their private
 Understanding how   wells and septic sys-
 poor waste man-  tems.
 agement can im-
 pact your own fam-  By educating policy
 ily’s and neighbors’   makers at all levels of
 health is something  government about the
 Ozarks Water Watch   impact certain activities
 weaves into all   can have, Ozarks Water
 Ozarks Water Watch has   efforts.   Watch works to keep our
 been in the Upper White   lakes swimmable and
 River Basin area for   Monetary investments   fishable.
 nearly 2 decades.  The   into water quality are

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