Posted - 02/09/2014 : 11:14:31 AM
The proposed jellyball processing operation in Lobeco ( northern Beaufort county) will dump nearly 2 MILLION gallons of industrial waste water per week into the Whale Branch waterway. Don’t be fooled into thinking this is not industrial waste. Aluminum ammonium sulfate is a highly acidic , corrosive compound that is not “compatible” with salt marshes as the company spokesman would have us believe. Actually I believe he said it was as “compatible as they could make it” in a Post& Courier interview from 1/14/14. I understand the need for local shrimpers to subsidize their income during the offseason but this is not the answer. These are our waterways and it is our responsibility to maintain them for the “greater good”. In my opinion, the manner in which the proprietor is advancing his agenda speaks volumes. It is his responsibility to ensure us that his profit won’t come at our waterways expense. Based on his track record, we need more than “his word”.
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Thanks for the input! The public should be greater informed of such!!
May be a silly question but why ‘process’ a jelly ball … Just curious on the market that serves
They are chemically drying/preserving the jellyballs. The moisture/waste from the jellyballs is solidified and separated as waste. This company proposes to then dilute this waste and pump it into Campbell Creek at the rate of 2 million gallons a week in season. The guy who created this process is a food scientist at Univ. of Ga and is on record regarding HIS CONCERN for the processes potential damage to the waterways. Nobody knows how it would impact our waters. That’s a fact
Who is the guy at the UGA. We need his input on record to stop this. It honestly is in the hands of DHEC and not DNR.
01 Hewes Redfisher, 90 Yam 2 Strk
they r taking the things and making some kind of delacacy for asian people with it. thats why there is a demand