UV water filtration system will keep Blue-Green Algae and E-Coli away from Mendota Beach
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The technology uses UV disinfection and sand pumps to remove algae and bacteria from the semi-circle swimming area.
A unique water filtration system will keep Blue-Green Algae and E-Coli away from a Dane County Beach this summer.
You could call it a beach-sized Brita Filter. The technology uses UV disinfection and sand pumps to remove algae and bacteria from the semi-circle swimming area.
"We are testing it to see how effective it is," Dane County Land & Water Resources Creator John Reimer said.
But Adam Sodersten with the Clean Lakes Alliance isn't so sure filtration will work.
"The water will get too rough or a boat goes and it sort of overcomes that beach area, you may see some issues," he said.
Even still, he likes the clean and green idea.
"People can go there and say this is really great, we like this clean water, but we don't want it constricted to this little tiny beach, so what do we have to do?" Sodersten said.
Roughly 70 Clean Lakes Alliance volunteers will be spending the summer making visual observations at the 5 area lakes, testing for clarity and temperatures to make sure swimmers can enjoy them.
Source: WKOW
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