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Pokegama Lake group launches nanobubble pilot, asks Pine County to aid permitting and funding
Summary
A Pokegama Lake Association pilot using nanobubble oxygenation was installed June 5 to address algae, muck and water‑quality impairments; association leaders asked the Pine County Board to advocate with the DNR and BWSR for permitting guidance and to consider funding support.
Kathy Nielsen, co-chair of the Pokegama Lake Association, told the Pine County Board that the association has installed a nanobubble pilot on the lake’s North Bay and will run the pilot through September to test whether the technology reduces algae, muck and internal nutrient loading.
Nielsen said the association raised more than $53,000 from more than 210 lake owners and businesses, matched by $50,000 from the association, to fund a $100,000 pilot. She said the group estimates a full-lake system at about $2.2 million and asked the board to “advocate with the DNR” and the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) to develop permitting protocols and to consider county funding partnership or assistance with a future lake improvement district.
Nut graf: Pokegama Lake (presented by speakers as the county’s…
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