369k cubic yards of sediment came through Morrow Dam, says river expert
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO, MI The total shocked Stephen Hamilton.
Hamilton, an aquatic ecology professor at Michigan State University, had seen the Kalamazoo River sediment deposits that developed after a hydroelectric dam operator unexpectedly drained its impoundment.
He had seen the turbidity in the water, which was so dark with fine sediment particles last year that objects disappeared from view immediately upon immersion.
He had paddled through the reservoir behind Morrow Dam, which is owned by Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation of Canada.
The people walked in and out of the open stores and sidewalks of downtown Kalamazoo, bundled up in pairs or groups with temperatures below 25 degrees Fahrenheit and glistening white