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Styrofoam pieces. He cast his line as far as he could into Arcadia Lake then slowly walked back to shore, hoping to reel in a blue catfish and not a plastic bottle. “Looks pretty bad today,” Daniels said. Daniels has visited Arcadia Lake to go fishing before, but unlike most visitors who blame unruly campers or flippant fishermen for the trash, he knows different. “This comes in from the city, doesn't it?” Daniels said. The lake, Edmond's main source of drinking water, is also the final resting place for much of the litter that falls on the streets of Edmond and Oklahoma City. During a flood or heavy rain, the cities' stormwater systems collect the trash before flushing it into Arcadia Lake. Nicole Offutt, Edmond's administrative supervisor for Arcadia Lake, said trash is a constant problem because the lake's drainage basin is so large. The water is tested regularly for contaminants like runoff from yards, Offutt said, so while unsightly, the trash doesn't make the water unsafe to drink. Offutt has fe... (ash piles up at Arcadia Lake — Edmond's main source of drinking water)
