In hopes of finding out why people are receiving mild shocks from the waters of the Cherokee Reservoir, voltage monitors are being installed to try to trace the electricity source.
A fisherman walks along the bank of Tennessee Valley Authority’s Cherokee Reservoir near Jefferson City, Tenn., in this 2012 file photograph.Kevin Walters, with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, said in a news release the monitors will be installed Friday at two sites: A location on Pointe Drive in Talbott, Tenn., and at a location in Lakewood Drive in Jefferson City, Tenn.
A team from the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office, Tennessee Valley Authority and Appalachian Electric Cooperative began investigating in late July after homeowners first complainted about a mild electrical current in the lake. The electric current is a low voltage that is not life-threatening, Walters said in the release. Engineers hope data gathered during the next two weeks by the monitors will help them diagnose the source of the electrical current and correct the problem.