LAKE TANEYCOMO — The oxygen levels in cold water rushing through power-generating turbines at Table Rock Dam in southwest Missouri are so low that the multimillion trout fishery at Lake Taneycomo downstream is in danger, state conservation officials said.
Low oxygen levels near Table Rock Dam threaten trout industry
Sunday, August 15, 2010 | 6:46 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:00 p.m. CDT, Sunday, August 15, 2010
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