locally released norepinephrine binds to alpha 1 receptors in arterioles to restrict blood flow and generally to increase blood pressure.
Friday (9/9). Spillway gates will be opened at 10 a.m. Monday (9/12) to release 1,000 cubic feet per second through the spillway, which runs from the lake to the Lackawaxen River. The release rate will be increased gradually to 2,000 cubic feet per second, and held at that level.
The 1987 Water Quality Act (WQA) added section 402 (p) to the Clean Water Act, requiring that EPA issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for the following five categories of stormwater discharges: discharges permitted prior to February 4, 1987.