tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35883616.post4074747359167791980..comments2023-07-21T04:14:22.289-05:00Comments on Team Goodman: Open water swim practice in cold Grapevine LakeJonathan Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15113478704220157813noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35883616.post-3974065830265753382011-05-22T21:15:00.773-05:002011-05-22T21:15:00.773-05:00Are you still active? I want to join or create an ...Are you still active? I want to join or create an Open water swimming group..if any one is game drop a line- b.tompkins@hotmail.com<br /><br />B.brandon%brandontompkins.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053765148018941865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35883616.post-12918857474364788122010-07-09T12:53:12.867-05:002010-07-09T12:53:12.867-05:00Thanks to all the Grapevine Lake swimmers who wrot...Thanks to all the Grapevine Lake swimmers who wrote in about the Trophy Club Pool ordinance. The new ordinance went into effect on 6/15/2010!Ryan Chitwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35883616.post-37426149686981423822010-03-09T15:12:41.552-06:002010-03-09T15:12:41.552-06:00I also would like to participate in some open wate...I also would like to participate in some open water swims at Grapevine Lake to train for a triathlon in May. Is there a schedule for this year?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609571555961045918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35883616.post-87242280880229888822008-10-17T17:15:00.000-05:002008-10-17T17:15:00.000-05:00When and where will there be upcoming open water s...When and where will there be upcoming open water swim practices? Will there be groups returning to Grapevine Lake? I would like to participate . . .David O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15535722376224154195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35883616.post-77981804786104186202008-05-05T09:35:00.000-05:002008-05-05T09:35:00.000-05:00As a swimmer, I am deeply bothered by the TCEQ and...As a swimmer, I am deeply bothered by the TCEQ and City of Trophy Club’s approach to environmental protection for the tributaries of Grapevine Lake. Trophy Club expressly allows, by city ordinance, the backwashing of pre-2005 pools into the streets and storm drains and the TCEQ has refused to respond to citizen nuisance complaints. I have posted a video of one of these events on my street at: <BR/><BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=M_1qqQ8TjEs <BR/><BR/>This is not an isolated event in Trophy Club and I represent a much larger group of citizens who have been affected by pool paint, gunnite and silica being dumped into the streets and storm drains via pool filter backwash. By my estimations, 300 pre-2005 pools are discharging over a quarter million gallons of untreated wastewater containing in excess of 5 tons of solids every year. This illicit discharge is not even quantified in Trophy Club’s current Stormwater Management Plan submitted to TCEQ.<BR/><BR/>Pool filter backwash is a well documented vector for Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Legionella, etc. and Grapevine Lake is both a recreational lake and a public water source.<BR/><BR/>We have been unable to sway the City in this approach despite years of genuine concerted effort to communicate this pressing public health, safety and environmental issue. Now the City has applied for coverage under the TCEQ General Permit and the Stormwater Management Plan(SWMP) submitted to TCEQ will allow for at least 5 more years of this discharge.<BR/><BR/>If this concerns you, you have very little time to comment at the address below requesting a public meeting where this can be properly reviewed.<BR/><BR/>Attn: Ms. LaDonna Castañuela, TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk<BR/>MC 105, PO Box 13087<BR/>Austin, TX 78711-3087<BR/>Re: City of Trophy Club, TX - General Permit TXR040080, Phase II MS4 <BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ryan Chitwood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trophyclubstormwater/ <BR/>email: chitwoodr@charter.net, 10 Overhill Drive, Trophy Club TX 76262 (817) 243-6280Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com