A year ago this week, 82,000 pounds of alum – a combination of aluminum sulfate and sodium aluminate – was sprayed into Long Pond from a barge anchored at the deepest parts of the lake. The treatment ...

ORLEANS -- Oxygen may give the breath of life but Orleans Marine and Fresh Water Quality Committee has recommended aluminum salts (alum) to bring Uncle Harvey’s Pond in East Orleans back to vibrant ...

AUGUSTA — A cold, stiff wind blew and loons looked on as an ungainly barge laden with rows of plastic chemical tanks trekked back and forth across Togus Pond Thursday. The barge and tanks laid down a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MARSTONS MILLS — During the first few days of December, observers looking out at Mystic Lake may have noticed an unusual sight: ...

Sally Wilson, treasurer of the Ticklenaked Pond Association, looks for signs of cyanobacteria in the pond’s water in Ryegate on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The pond is the first to be removed from the ...

SOUTHWICK — Members of the Lake Management Committee said last week that the aluminum sulfate treatment of the lake conducted nearly two years ago appears to have resulted in a significant reduction ...

At its regular board meeting on Dec. 12, the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District’s Board of Managers voted to continue to invest in alum treatments for Spring Lake and allocated nearly $300,000 ...

SOUTHWICK — Despite a new algae bloom discovered on Monday on the Congamond Lakes Middle Pond, the town’s Board of Health director lifted the advisory Thursday afternoon for people to avoid using the ...