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ADERHOLT STATEMENT ON TVA’s DECISION TO NOT FUND AQUATIC TREATMENT AT GUNTERSVILLE LAKE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) today made the following statement on TVA’s aquatic plant management and their decision to not fund treatment of private-residential areas of Guntersville Lake. 

“This decision by the Tennessee Valley Authority is an issue that I have been closely following. Since first being elected I have tried to communicate to TVA the importance of controlling the aquatic growth on Lake Guntersville. TVA recently announced that they will no longer fund treatment of aquatic plants for these areas on the Lake because of financial constraints. We will be doing what we can to communicate to TVA the importance of providing dependable service, exceptional community relations and environmental stewardship, so that a cost effective solution can be found to this problem.”

“I believe that TVA is in the best position to adequately treat the problems with the growth of aquatic plants in the Lake. The residents who live on and around Lake Guntersville deserve the best service from their utility companies and I will do everything that I can to make sure of this. I have written a letter to TVA President and Chief Executive Tom Kilgore asking him to reconsider TVA’s decision on this important service and I look forward to working with him to resolve this problem.”

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