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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 18, 1991
Student Senate
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University lacks time financing to clean dredge waste in lake
By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer
An empty beer can is a small warning that Potter Lake isn't as clean as it used to be.
Time, trash has taken its toll on the water at Potter Lake
There could be aluminum cans and pieces of garbage at the bottom of Potter Lake that are five years old.
Because of lack of money and time, the University of Kansas has not been able to thoroughly clean or dredge the man-made lake, said Gregory Wade, landscape architect for facilities planning.
The situation has prompted a group of KU architecture students to look into improving the landscape of the lake
Their first suggestion is to get rid of cans and bottles floating next to the shore, the students said.
Wade said the lake, which is 350 feet long and 250 feet wide, had not been thoroughly cleaned or dredged for four or five years.
"There is not a set schedule to clean the lake," he said.
Wade said that he would send someone from facilities planning to inspect the lake soon.
"People should not throw cans and bottles in the first place," he said.
But people do throw garbage into the lake, especially during football season, said Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations. Memorial Stadium is near the lake.
"We try to clean it up the best we can," Richardson said.
Facilities operations workers pick up garbage near the lake every week, he said.
"It's not a very pleasant job," he said. "And we haven't had the time to do it."
And they probably will not do it for another couple of years, Richardson said, because the office was busy working on other projects and because the process was expensive.
Ed Wiley, curator of fishes at the Museum of Natural History, said Potter Lake technically was a pond because it was not big enough to be called a lake.
Garbage, unless in large amounts, would not affect wildlife much, he said.
Richardson said dredging would cost about $30,000.
- "There are no laws that say you have to clean a pond," he said.
Wiley said that depending on the use of the pond, the necessity of cleaning varied.
Meanwhile, some architecture students feel the need to make some minor improvements to the lake.
Richardson said that to totally clean the lake, which ranges in depth from 4 to 16 feet, workers had to dredge, a process in which mud is removed from the bottom of a body of water.
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Jose Fernandez, Bahia Blanca,
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to discuss beautifying the area.
Still, it contains fresh water fish, aquatic insects, worms and dragonflies, he said.
Fernandez said benches could be built around the lake to make it look nicer.
He also said that signs explaining what kind of wildlife was around the area could be informative and that more ducks were needed.
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