Summer 2013 Activities are about to begin

There will be two major efforts on Lake Stevens this summer.

The first will be a treatment with Aluminum Sulfate. This is tentitively scheduled to begin the week of June 3rd. Alum is a technology that captures phosphorus and removes this key nutrient from the water column. This reduces the carrying capacity of the lake to produce problem algae blooms. This operation is pending approval by the City Council that is expected to work on this at their next meeting. When approved, the crews will be working to apply this material throughout the deeper portions of the lake in this time frame.

The second operation will be the continued implementation of the City’s Eurasian Milfoil Management Program. The 2011 application of Renovate Aquatic Herbicide did an excellent job of suppressing this noxious aquatic weed. Our team will be surveying the lake in June and have scheduled a treatment to some areas of the lake that showed potential for regrowth during the 2012 summer surveys. We will post more information and a map on this site as those surveys are completed.