Has_hog t1_j0jetwu wrote on December 17, 2022 at 2:20 AM

Reply to comment by TenderfootGungi in Oregon city drops fight to keep Google water use private by ChocolateTsar

Rivers heat up by dumping back warm water. That is not good and the fish do not "love it" -- neither do fishermen lol. This is extremely well known and there is even a word for it, it's called "thermal pollution".

hithisispaul t1_j0jjdpo wrote on December 17, 2022 at 2:58 AM

Well they said lake, not river.

DatSkellington t1_j0jy463 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:17 AM

Warm lakes breed fatal algae blooms…

Inquisitive_idiot t1_j0kh6vc wrote on December 17, 2022 at 9:18 AM

Either way stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used 🤨

[deleted] t1_j0lofa7 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:43 PM

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upvoatsforall t1_j0jsphs wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:22 AM

Fish need very specific water temperatures to spawn in. Artificially heated lakes would require warmer climate fish for something like this to work. It would be interesting to see how it works.

hithisispaul t1_j0jx9lm wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:08 AM

I'm aware. The example given was a man made lake beside a powerplant in KS, so my guess is that this is a specific place where this has worked. I doubt they're trying to stock it with rainbows or brook trout.