So far, smooth sailing for the alum treatment! Fortunately, the weather continues to cooperate while the alum treatment carries on. Here’s a peek at what’s happening at the Spring Lake Public Access:
This is one of HAB’s smaller barges that is currently dosing Spring Lake with alum.
The barge takes a short break from dosing to head back to the Public Access to fill up with more aluminum sulfate.
HAB’s crew attaches hoses from the large storage tanks at the Public Access to the barge to fill the drums on the barge.
It only takes a few moments for the drums to fill before the barge heads back to continue dosing Spring Lake.
Below is a map of what HAB has treated as of yesterday, October 24th:
If all continues to go well, the treatment should wrap up on or before November 1st! Hopefully, the calm weather will last…
In the meantime, we are requesting that everyone be respectful of the treatment process. It is strongly recommended that boats and other watercraft make an effort to go slow and minimize wakes to prevent the alum from being disturbed until it settles. Additionally, it is recommended that boats give a wide berth to the alum application barge and the monitoring boat that will be following it.