Let me guess, do they have a tree frog as their mascot?

Good eatin down south, lousy cleaning ability.

This is the latest news on the roof cleaning fish kill. I just got off the phone with Charlotte County Facilities Management 8-9-2012.
The Jail fish kill was NOT caused by the roof cleaning company at all.
They had the University of Florida Biology Dept take water samples, and examine the dead fish, for cause of seath.
The 5400 Catfish died from Heat. It has been so hot lately, that low oxygen levels in the water and the heat killed the fish.

I was told that some Sheriffs Deputy in Charlotte County jumped the gun, and blamed the run off from the roof cleaning, for the fish kill.

I knew you'd get to the bottom of it for us, Chris.

Hoping we'll see a corrective press release!

Thank you,

Al

Diamond Roof Cleaning New Jersey (1-800-Roof-Clean) wrote:

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Chris please get over to pwi and answer the question that ron musgraves posted about this story so you can clear it up.

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 I spoke with Dave Milligan from Charlotte County Facilities Management. He told me of the results of the University Of Florida study.

He promised to send me the link to a retraction of this story published by Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. I have never received that link.
Here is a link to the story on the Charlotte County Sheriff's Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/notes/charlotte-county-sheriffs-office/ccso-sheriff-cameron-reports-over-5400-catfish-killed-in-jail-fish-farm-over-the/418505664873344
 3 RCIA Roof Cleaners and myself posting as the Roof Cleaning Institute, are asking for a public retraction.

Diamond Roof Cleaning New Jersey (1-800-Roof-Clean) wrote:

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I know you were not trying to make someone look bad but ron dosent get it so just take a gander and clear the air.

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 I only see ONE Post by Ron in that whole thread, am I missing somethhing ?

garyw wrote:

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He called you out by name Chris, but the post has been  deleted. (I thought PWI NEVER deleted posts??)  He did exactly what he was accusing you of doing and now is trying to cover it up.  His hand got called by Mike and me, so he had to delete it I guess to save face.

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I just talked to Ron on the phone, all is well.

Here is the official retraction !!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: Aug 14, 2012; Section: Charlotte Sun (Local); Page: CS4 

County says it's not responsible for fish kill 

By BRENDA BARBOSA 

STAFF WRITER 

Page 1 of 1 

County officials confirmed Monday the cause of the fish kill that led to the death of some 5,400 fish at the county jail had nothing to do with chemicals leaked into the pond, contrary to reports by the Charlotte County Sheriffs Office last week. 

According to county facilities director David Milligan, high temperatures, low oxygen levels and poor circulation created a perfect storm of conditions that led to the deaths of thousands of catfish, blue gill, mosquito fish and other varieties of fish at the roughly 3.5-acre retention pond just outside the Charlotte County Jail. 

The county sea grant extension agent, along with specialists from the University of Florida, conducted a variety of water quality tests in the pond and several adjacent holding tanks. "Since it's an incident that already happened, it's impossible to go back and recreate exactly what the conditions were. But we were told that it's not uncommon in this kind of weather pattern to have such a dissolved oxygen decrease leading to a fish kill," Milligan said of the scientific findings. In other words, because the pond is essentially a retention pond with little circulation, conditions were ripe for the lake to be choked of necessary oxygen that allows the fish to survive, said Charlotte County sea grant agent Betty Staugler. Staugler said recent rainfall only worsened conditions at the pond because it stirred oxygen at the top with noxious gases at the bottom of the lake. Staugler said the kill did not result from chemicals spilled into the lake from a contractor hired by the county to clean the jail roof, as first reported by the Sheriffs Office. "The levels of (pool) chlorine and the quantities that (the contractor) used on the roof, even if every last bit of it had reached the pond, it was not at levels that at least would be lethal to fish," Staugler said. "We do not feel that the roof cleaning contributed to the pond die-off based on the information we received when we were on site both from the jail personnel and the county personnel." Staugler said it's not uncommon for fish kills to occur during summer months. Recently, there was a fish kill in the Punta Gorda Isles canal system of several hundred fish. 

"It just happens," she said. Calls to the Sheriff's Office seeking comment were not returned. However, Sheriffs Office spokesman Bob Carpenter has said that it's not known if the pond will be restocked or if the fishery program will continue, and that it is the county's decision on what will happen next because the jail is on county property. 

The 3-year-old fishery program is intended to save on meal costs at the jail and to teach inmates skills they can use in the outside world. Sheriff's officials have said the program saved about $390 per month in inmate meal costs. But Milligan said the decision whether to continue is the Sheriff's since it's a CCSO program. "If we can help in any way to improve conditions at the fish farm, but we are limited in that it is a Sheriffs program," Milligan said. "As far as the operation, it's strictly in their court." Email: bbarbosa@sun-herald.com 

http://sce.eed.sunnewspapers.net/olive/ode/charlotte_sun/PrintComponentView.htm 8/14/2012