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Residents' concerns over aquatic treatment and shoreline clam die-off raised to planning commission
Summary
Commissioners relayed resident complaints about an aquatic phosphorus treatment and a subsequent clam die-off and asked staff for clarification; staff pointed commissioners to the surface-water department's lake-management website and said the city explained the die-off as likely coincidental and related to high temperatures.
At the Aug. 4 meeting, commissioners raised constituent concerns about an aquatic treatment on Lake Stevens that residents said corresponded with a visible shoreline die-off of clams and an unpleasant odor.
Commissioner Jennifer Davis asked several questions about the treatment timing and resident notification, saying neighbors had been told not to use lake water and that the timing caused frustration because families were recreating at the lake. "What was different in this…
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