Quote Originally Posted by cricket george View Post
Why???
Wister is basically a large open sewer. Three municipalities with a combined population of approx. 10,000 and a large poultry processing plant discharge minimally treated effluent into the system. There are also hundreds of poultry farms in the basin that for years have applied untreated litter to the pastures in the area.

Nitrates and phosphates are high, and so are the concentrations of fecal coliform bacteria. If you take a trip to one of the backwater areas when the water temps start hitting the 80's you'll see (and smell) what I'm talking about.