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

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.

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