IRLNews:2020/10/21/Israeli Firm Aims to Keep Lake Okeechobee Algae Out of St Lucie River
From Indian River Lagoon Project
Israeli Firm Aims to Keep Lake Okeechobee Algae Out of St Lucie River
October 20, 2020
Port Mayaca Lock - An Israeli company has been given a $945,000 state contract to keep blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee from getting into the St. Lucie River estuary.
The company, BlueGreen Water Technologies, deployed at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam, where discharged lake water enters the C-44 Canal and heads toward the estuary, soon after the Army Corps of Engineers began discharges Oct. 14.
A BlueGreen Water crew spread some algicide Monday in the western end of the C-44 Canal "as a dry run," said CEO Eyal Harel.
The algicide, called Lake Guard Oxy has hydrogen peroxide as its active ingredient.Location: St Lucie River: Port Mayaca Lock: Saint Lucie County
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Published by Treasure Coast Newspapers on October 20, 2020. Retrieved on October 21, 2020.
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