Task force tours South Fork Rivanna Reservoir

View a 21 minute slide show of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir tour

On the morning of August 22, 2008, Charlottesville Tomorrow joined the South Fork Reservoir Stewardship Task Force for a field trip led by Kevin Sauer, Head Coach for the University of Virginia women's rowing team.

The tour of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir is the first action of the Task Force since it held its first meeting on August 12, 2008. The members will develop recommendations for the use and maintenance of the reservoir, a key component of the community water supply, to guide its stewardship over the next fifty years.

Charlottesville Tomorrow has produced a twenty-one minute slide show and audio podcast which highlights Sauer's presentation to the group.  Coach Sauer has spent twenty years on the reservoir and during the tour he provided detailed insights into many of the challenges he sees facing UVA's rowing program and other recreational users.

This link allows you to just download the audio: Download 20080822-SFRR-tour

Brian Wheeler

Comments

[ErnieL]

I am curious. About a month ago, just before the current draught began we had a heavy rain in the South Fork area. A couple of days later I was crossing the Woodlands Road bridge and saw a large amount of debris almost covering the entire reservoir by the rowing club dock and under the Earlysville Road bridge. It looked to be mostly tree limbs. Several days later, it had all disappeared. What happened to it?