Today media account is a relevant case.
Reading it induces first joy, then depression.
http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news/article/1321942--archipelago-looks-to-control-algae-blooms
The authority wants to use 60 tonnes of Phoslock.
Excellent, but then look at the naivety of this quotation:
“The theory is that upon application, the product will bind with phosphorus in the water column while sinking to the lakebed . . ."
The theory? You mean the theory has yet to be proved?
Surely we should be reading: "What happens upon application is that the product . . ."
And then there are the approvals. You can bet your life that 'both levels of government' will have EP officers who will have to justify their existence - not by doing the research themselves, but by hiring consultants to advise.
I presume those costs will be bitten out of the $300,000 budgeted.
Let's end on two cheerful notes.
At least Archipelago is not asking for a trial.
And another. Google "Lake Huron" in Google Maps. Zoom out. The area in question is on the eastern shore of Lake Huron. There is a cornucopia of enclosed bodies of water in that region.
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