ARARAT Rural City Council has moved quickly to address an outbreak of blue green algae in Alexandra Lake.<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, numerous complains have been made to council about the condition and smell of the lake following evaporation over the summer months and high nutrient load.<\/p>\n
Council CEO Tim Harrison told the Ararat Advocate, a number of measures are being adopted to restore the lake to good health.<\/p>\n
He said a council crew commenced excavation works around the lake last Friday to allow water to flow more freely.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s heaps of algal bloom in the lake at this stage and that\u2019s due in part to some water being trapped in some areas of the lake. We\u2019ve done some dredging work to clear that out near the island, so there will be better water flow. We\u2019ve also been trucking in fresh water to replenish the lake,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re also about to invest in three new fountains for the lake. They\u2019re actually aerators but look just like fountains and they\u2019ll be there to aerate the water and hopefully promote a healthier lake,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Harrison said the lake experiences varying levels of algae in the summer months, but this year has been particularly bad.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year it gets some algal bloom, but it has been quite severe this time around, there has been extra nutrient load coming into the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lake needs better aeration and I think it is important we keep that up and keep monitoring the situation,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s been happening in the warmer months there is quite a bit of evaporation, the water warms up and provides the ideal conditions for algal bloom to occur,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA good drop of rain will flush things through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Harrison said council appreciates all feedback from the community regarding the Lake via council\u2019s website or switchboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ARARAT Rural City Council has moved quickly to address an outbreak of blue green algae in Alexandra Lake.
\nIn recent weeks, numerous complains have been made to council about the condition and smell of the lake following evaporation over the summer months and high nutrient load.
\nCouncil CEO Tim Harrison told the Ararat Advocate, a number of measures are being adopted to restore the lake to good health.
\nHe said a council crew commenced excavation works around the lake last Friday to allow water to flow more freely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lake.jpg?fit=1672%2C1254&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-dz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}