Jordan Lake Solarbees Are Removed - But What Next?

General Assembly continues to delay Jordan Lake rules

The state environmental department announced on May 5  that it will discontinue the SolarBee project after 21 months of data indicated no significant improvement in water quality.  We applaud the end to this expensive and ridiculous folly.   The latest bad idea that emerged this summer from the NC General Assembly was to study the use of mussels to filter the waters of Jordan Lake - even though mussel populations have plummeted in the Haw River due to pollution and sediment.  That idea has vanished only to be replaced by more delays of the rules and more wasted money on studies on how to find a magical solution to treat pollution in the lake instead of reducing it at the source.  The legislature needs to stop stalling and just re-instate the rules that will improve water quality in Jordan Lake.