monthly meeting july 28, 2016 - your southwood cddammonia nitrate = .4ppm phosphorus = 0.2ppm ph =...
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Monthly Meeting
July 28, 2016
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SouthWood Lakes & Ponds
Common Sense Reforms to Improve
Water Quality and Save Money
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Algae Outbreak: “Catfish Pond”
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Van Dyke Environmental Services
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“Catfish Pond”
● Heavy Nutrient Load (Source: Lake Doctors)
● Ammonia Nitrate = .4ppm
● Phosphorus = 0.2ppm
● pH = 9.2 – Very High
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Stormwater Pond: WD090N
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SouthWood Ponds are
treated aggressively and
pre-emptively, on a
monthly basis, with
aquatic herbicides.
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Recs: Aquatic Plant Control
Minimize use of aquatic herbicides
● Deploy on an as-needed basis, not on a
monthly basis – even during winter!
STOP using cooper-based herbicides
● Ultimately toxic to invertebrates & fish
● Symptomatic approach – algae comes
back stronger each time.
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Recs: Native Vegetation
Establish native shoreline vegetation
● Recommended in COT stormwater
facilities design standards
Create and maintain a vegetated buffer
● 3-5 feet around perimeter
● Traps and filters pollutants
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Recs: Use Nutrient Inactivation
Deploy aluminum sulfate (“Alum”)
treatment
● Chemical reaction absorbs nutrients and
creates a thin film on bottom, limiting
phosphorus recycling
● Catfish Pond is good candidate for this
treatment
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Recs: Reduce Fertilizer Use
Minimize use of fertilizers and
insecticides on surrounding turf and
landscape
● Should be applied as-needed only
● SouthWood heavily fertilizes many
pond areas on a routine basis
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“High Frequency” Ponds
● 11 SouthWood Ponds
● Mowed 11 or 26 times yearly
● 4 applications of fertilizer per year: 2 for
turf and 2 for trees/shrubs
● “IPM” – opportunistic use of insecticides
● Pre-emergent herbicide treatment to
turf
● Heavy “Round-Up” use
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Tale of Two Turfs
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Recs: Pond Turf
● Significantly reduce fertilizer
applications; eliminate it in many areas
● Reduce mowing frequency and edging
aligned with stormwater maintenance
plans
● Reduce insecticide and herbicide use