The gravel washed down from upstream has created large sand bars in the Lower
Pond. The filth from the Richmond Sewers is less apparent but it passes through this
same area where children fish (and where, in warmer weather, the children play and their
pets drink).
![Princeton_creek_enters_lake.jpg (21311 bytes)](../images/Princeton_creek_enters_lake.jpg)
The sand bars are indeed a problem
![Princeton_creek_enters_lake_2.jpg (57335 bytes)](../images/Princeton_creek_enters_lake_2.jpg)
![Princeton_creek_enters_lake_3.jpg (58909 bytes)](../images/Princeton_creek_enters_lake_3.jpg)
But the City needs to deal first with the health threat
![Princeton_creek_enters_lake_4.jpg (44244 bytes)](../images/Princeton_creek_enters_lake_4.jpg)
See what our President did about this problem.