CASTAIC LAKE TREATED WITH ANTI-ALGAE CHEMICAL.Byline: Daily News An algae-killing chemical was dropped by helicopter Thursday into Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² to prevent the warm-weather plant life from spreading in the reservoir and adding a musty taste and odor to drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. . The copper sulfate copper sulfate, common name for the blue crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate, in which copper has valence +2. It may also refer to cuprous sulfate (Cu2SO4), in which copper has valence +1. drop was requested by the state Department of Water Resources and the Metropolitan Water District to prevent the algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that from growing to the depths where drinking water is drawn for MWD MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California MWD Measurement While Drilling (oil drilling) MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (stock symbol) MWD Molecular Weight Distribution MWD Military Working Dog customers. There was no threat to the safety of the water, lake Superintendent Frank Gonzalez said. The algae is an annual problem that if untreated gives water an ``earthy'' taste and smell. The upper lake was closed during the treatment, which ran from 6 a.m. to about 1:30 p.m. The treatment was monitored by the county Agricultural Commission and the county Parks and Recreation Department to ensure that the water was safe for boaters and fishing enthusiasts. Officials from the state Department of Fish and Game were expected at the lake later in the evening to check the effects of copper sulfate on the fish, Gonzalez said. Earlier, a Department of Fish and Game biologist said the chemical dissolves and does not harm fish. |
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