Muddy waters in Hoover pond paint murky picture of EPA stormwater issue | al.com

Muddy waters in Hoover pond paint murky picture of EPA stormwater issue | al.com: Randy and Mary Raines Harper used to enjoy morning coffee on their porch overlooking a blue-green 4-acre lake, a lake carefully managed for bass fishing that has been in Mary Harper's family since the 1950s.

But since November, the once-clear lake is the color of creamy coffee after a construction project at neighboring Riverchase United Methodist Church in Hoover sent mud from a denuded 7-acre hillside pouring through storm sewers and into the lake.
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