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DWR asks councils to fund a SolarBee to reduce winter kill and HAB risk at Matt Warner/Craigs area
Summary
DWR presented dissolved-oxygen monitoring and requested funding for an additional SolarBee mixing/ aeration unit to reduce winter fish-kill risk and harmful algal bloom problems observed in Matt Warner and nearby Diamond Mountain lakes; a 2022 SolarBee at Calder showed improved oxygen profiles during winter.
Brian Engelbert of the Northeastern Region presented a water-quality project to deploy a SolarBee mixing device at Matt Warner (or a Diamond Mountain lake) to mitigate winter oxygen collapse and summer harmful algal blooms (HABs) linked to high phosphorus loads.
Engelbert described the problem: shallow lakes with high nutrient loads can develop low dissolved oxygen under ice (winter kill) and HABs in summer. He presented…
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