As you know, the annual meeting will have a couple of guest speakers that are experts on ways to help mitigate cyanobacteria blooms. In addition, you should be aware that the board created a subcommittee in the fall of 2023 to look into possible treatment options for when there is a bloom. The subcommittee primarily used the list of options from the US EPA website and dug deeper into options that, at first glance, seem possible for Province Lake.
The attached table is a summary of that work. The first 3 columns are directly from the EPA website. The last three are case studies, additional information and Province Lake potential. We thought it would be good to allow you to review this before the meeting and therefore we are providing this to you now. The long and short of this is that there is no “silver bullet”. Any option would require approval and permitting from NH DES, and we are not sure what involvement would be required of Maine DEP. Most are very expensive, and to obtain funding through grants etc. will not be quick. The best and longest term solution is to limit the nutrient load into the lake. This will be the primary focus of the guest speakers. After the speakers, there will be some time to talk about the table attached.
As a reminder, the meeting will take place on Saturday July 27 at Edge Lake Farm at the Golf Course. Social meeting starts at 9:30, with the actual meeting beginning at 10. We hope to see you there.
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