Athens homeowner believes illegal paint dump is cause of white pond water
Paint Dumped Into Stream By Justin Honore | March 11, 2021 at 6:28 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 1:19 AM
ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) - A homeowner in Athens recently discovered that his pond had turned milky white.
Cliff Bryan who owns the land in which the natural pond resides discovered this sudden change of color on Wednesday. He believes this is because someone dumped paint further upstream, and it made its way down into his property.
“There is lots of paint that has come into my pond, and it is probably going to ruin it. I don’t see any fish dead,” said Bryan. “I just hope that it will be cleaned up soon.”
featured County accepts grant for surveillance camerasThe Henderson County Commissioners Court, Tuesday, accepted funds to help catch illegal dumpers in the act.
By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Jan 14, 2021 courtesy photo
County Fire Marshal Shane Renberg said due to the increasing amount of refuse being left around the county, the money will be used to replace cameras placed in areas where dumpers like to leave their trash.
The cameras transmit the images wirelessly. Renberg said, because his officers don t have to go to the location to retrieve the pictures, it keeps the dumpers from seeing them and getting wise to the surveillance.