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Brandy Branch Reservoir
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County: Harrison
Parameters: Selenium
River Basin: Sabine River
Segment: 0505E
Project Background and
Goals
Brandy Branch Reservoir, which is also known as Hallsville or
Pirkey Lake, is located southwest of Marshall in Harrison County.
The reservoir is an impoundment of Brandy Branch Creek. The
1,242-acre reservoir was constructed in 1983 to serve as a cooling
pond for a steam-electric power plant. The reservoir is a popular
recreational area for boating and fishing.
In 1992, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS;
then known as TDH) issued an advisory restricting the consumption
of fish from the reservoir because selenium concentrations in the
fish posed a risk to consumers. The goal of this project was to
determine whether the consumption of fish from the reservoir still
posed a threat to human health. The TCEQ worked with the DSHS to
collect fish samples, conduct laboratory analyses, and characterize
the risks to consumers from all contaminants found in fish-tissue
samples.
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Project Status
After assessing all the data collected and characterizing the
risks associated with all the contaminants found in fish tissue,
the DSHS concluded that consumption of fish from Brandy Branch
Reservoir no longer poses a threat to human health. The
fish-consumption advisory was rescinded on October 14, 2004.
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For More Information
For additional information regarding this assessment, please
call Dania Drogolewicz at 512/239-3499. Or e-mail us at tmdl@tceq.state.tx.us, and
reference the Brandy Branch Reservoir in the subject line.
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