With Promising Experiment Halted By State, Georgica Pond Sees Fish Kill And Other Signs Of Return To Old Problems
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The Friends of Georgica Pond say that the three years they used an aquatic harvester to remove blooms of aquatic plants from the pond saw greatly improved water quality. With the harvester sidelined by a slow state permitting process, the pond is again experiencing water quality issues, including a fishkill in late June.
Dense matts of aquatic weeds have returned to Georgica Pond after an experimental removal program was stalled by state regulators and are causing a renewed decline in water quality.
The Friends of Georgica Pond say that the three years they used an aquatic harvester to remove blooms of aquatic plants from the pond saw greatly improved water quality. With the harvester sidelined by a slow state permitting process, the pond is again experiencing water quality issues, including a fishkill in late June.
Dense matts of aquatic weeds have returned to Georgica Pond after an experimental removal program was stalled by state regulators and are causing a renewed decline in water quality.
Michael Wright on Jul 8, 2020
In the three years that the Friends of Georgica Pond operated a floating tractor that collected and removed aquatic weeds from the pond, its water quality had shown marked improvements.... more
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Michael Wright on Jul 8, 2020