See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
Too many nutrients in the water can cause eutrophication. The KLC manages algae blooms through its copper sulfate program, but it is not a stand-alone remedy. Property owners, farmers, and municipalities can help by promoting and observing some simple practices: lowering phosphate usage, using non-phosphorus fertilizers, not raking leaves into the lake, not burning leaves in the lake bed and by building riparian buffers and rain gardens.
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
WARNING: Copper Sulfate will be applied to Kinderhook Lake on Friday morning, August 29th
See FAQ page for information and warnings about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control.
The lake is covered with blue-green algae this morning, worse than has been seen in a very long time. Dry, hot weather this summer prevented salts, like sodium chloride and sodium phosphate, from washing into the lake and the Valatie Kill flowing into the lake – they collected in surface soil and in soil around septic systems. Heavy continuous rain, like we have had for the past two weeks, dissolves those salts and washes them into the watershed to feed blue-green algae growth. Since the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation does not permit the use of aquatic herbicides, like copper sulfate, after September 1, we are unable to keep blue-green algae levels low beyond that date and must endure the kind of water we find on the lake this morning. Residents should be aware that the algae is toxic to dogs and some dogs have died after consuming water containing blue-green algae.
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