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Originally Posted by Woodsy
Taz is right! You should be more worried about runoff (erosion, fertilizer, oil, pesticides, dirt, bacteria, and other pollutants) than some urine in the lake 20 days out of 365! If people are worried so much about the lake and overuse... petition your lawmakers to limit the marina growth! (Good luck with that!) Woodsy
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All pollutants should be a concern.
Some bacteria reduce "pollutants" to their natural components.
But urine leaves the bodies of vertebrates at body temperature. With humans, warm urine "floats" near the surface until wind disrupts the water column. Both Braun Bay and Johnson's Cove share the misfortune of
not being affected by strong winds.
Urine contains "heavy" inorganic and organic componds--and given enough time--most urine will sink of its own accord. At low-oxygen depths, "benthic" bacteria convert all compounds, tiny amphipods flourish, and create a hidden environment all its own.
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