environment
No Swim advisory near Blue Stone Harbor has been lifted
Aug. 16. The No Swim advisory for part of the lake between Blue Stone Harbor and Hello Sailor has been lifted after a week’s time. The advisory was issued Aug. 8, after a sewage spill into Lake Norman. The cause was a power outage at a private lift station located at 21328 Nautique Blvd. According […]
Another sewage spill in LKN at Nautique Boulevard
Aug. 8. [Updated] A No Swim Advisory was issued after a sewage spill into Lake Norman due to a power outage at a private lift station located at 21328 Nautique Blvd. in Cornelius. It’s the second spill at this address in less than three months. Repairs are under way. NEW: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services says the […]
No Swim Advisory lifted for cove adjacent to Jetton Park
July 10. The No Swim Advisory issued on July 5 for a cove next to Jetton Park has been lifted. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Service blamed a pipe failure for causing the overflow. The pipe has been repaired, and water tests indicate the spill has dissipated. The 875 gallon spill was the third such incident in […]
Sewage spill in cove adjacent to Jetton Park
July 5. There’s been another sewage spill in Lake Norman, this time in a cove between Jetton Park and Halyard Pointe/Double Eagle in The Peninsula. A pipe failure on July 4 caused the overflow, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSW). It’s the third spill in five weeks in Cornelius waters. The new spill is […]
A pipe failure is at the center of a legal impasse
June 28. By Lisa Sorg/NC Newsline. For the past three years, a sinkhole in a Mooresville parking lot has released coal ash into a tributary of Lake Norman, in part because of a legal impasse about who is responsible — the property owners or Duke Energy — for repairing the damage. The cause, says a […]
No-swim advisory lifted for cove between Nautique and Baltic
June 16. The “No Swim Advisory” due to a sewage spill at a cove near Nautique Boulevard has been lifted by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services. It was roughly 8,000 gallons, more than 10 times larger than any spill in Cornelius waters last year. It occurred at a private sanitary sewer manhole located at 21328 Nautique […]
Sewage spill near Nautique Blvd. is about 8,000 gallons
June 11. A “No Swim Advisory” has been issued for a cove near Nautique Boulevard due to a sewage spill. At approximately 8,000 gallons, it’s more than 10 times larger than any spill in Cornelius waters last year. It occurred at a private sanitary sewer manhole located at 21328 Nautique Boulevard. The discharge was caused […]
No swim advisory lifted after test
June 1. The no swimming advisory for Knox Cove near Torrence Chapel Estates Circle has been lifted after laboratory results indicated bacteria counts were within safe limits. On Saturday we reported roughly 460 gallons of sewage spilled into the lake due to a damaged pipe on Torrence Chapel Estates Circle. The damage was caused by […]
Sewage spill off Torrence Chapel Estates Circle
May 29. [UPDATED May 30] Roughly 460 gallons of sewage spilled into Lake Norman from a damaged pipe on Torrence Chapel Estates Circle on Saturday, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS). A “No Swimming” advisory is in effect on Knox Cove. [New] CMSWS on Tuesday morning said the no swim advisory remains in effect. […]
Reverse fishing at Blythe Landing
May 5. The Lake Norman Marine Commission and Duke Energy received a shipment of sterile grass carp Thursday and dumped it straight into Lake Norman. The sterile carp can eat up to three times their body weight in hydrilla—invasive aquatic weeds—every day. The number of fish introduced each year is based on surveys of weed […]
