Community Corner
Mill Pond Pilot Project Begins
The DEC-approved trial to reduce algae in the Water Mill pond has begun, 27east reports.
The Southampton Town Trustees began a pilot project at Mill Pond in Water Mill on Monday designed to remove excess nutrients from the water that cause algal blooms and fishkills, 27east reports.
Mill Pond has been plagued by environmental concerns and a massive fish kill in 2008, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to tackle the water bodies woes.
The remediation plan centers on Phoslock, a modified clay product developed in Australia that has reportedly been used successfully around the world to reduce phosphorous in water bodies.
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Southampton Town Trustee Fred Havemeyer told Patch in July that Phoslock works by mixing the “rare earth element” lanthanum with benthic clay and applying it to a water body as a slurry. As it moves through the water column, phosphorous is removed from the water and attracted to the slurry “like microscopic magnets" and binds to it.
Read the full story at 27east.
