Source of Fish Kill located

I first read about this fish kill at Psychobilly Democrat.

The source of the recent fish kill in Mantua Township may have been run off from a local farm. The heavy rains over the last week is believed to have caused fertilizers and chemicals applied at a local farm to run into tributaries leading to Ladue Resevoir.

Ladue Resevoir is part of the Akron Watershed used for drinking supply. This contaminated runoff should not affect the quality of the drinking water.

From the PD --

Chemical agents found at a farm near Mantua Township on Friday could be the source of what killed 500 to 1,000 fish in a stream along Route 44 that pours into the LaDue Reservoir, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday.

The fish, which included species such as blue gill, grass pike, minnows, small perch and others were found dead Thursday along a mile stretch of a stream near Ohio 44 and Winchell Road...

Though the spill killed hundreds of fish, the water and fish in the Ladue Reservoir are safe for eating and drinking, Brown said.

Brown said workers took several samples of water near the creek and said some of the agents found on the farm included amonia, fertilizer and herbicide.

The EPA always says, "The solution to pollution, is dillution."