We are receiving many questions about last weeks fish die off so I wanted to follow up. RCWA collected dead fish samples before [we] found out that dead fish are not acceptable sample criteria and that they need to be received within 24 hours. It was a holiday, Labor Day, and not possible to get analysis before this deadline. In addition they are very expensive and RCWA has little money.[The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation] was the lead investigative regulatory agency on site for the fish die off. They took a water sample but RCWA has not heard about any results yet. They traced the source of the toxin to Richland Creek to a storm drain near or at the Publix construction site. They said they were many species of fish killed and that there were also a suspected pumping from a pit on the construction site of groundwater into Richland Creek. RCWA has inquired for the Department of TDEC for Groundwater Protection to investigate.
WSMV-TV covered this news recently as well.
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