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Originally Posted by wifi
So, if all the lakefront owners put fish tank bubblers in front of their houses, would this help out?
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Both exotic milfoil and algae love slow, warm, sunny waters: both problems are more pronounced in Southeastern states, where lakes tend to be shallow and sunlight can reach more of the bottom.
Where Lake Winnipesaukee's lakefronts get strong on-shore winds, neither algae nor milfoil can thrive in any annoying quantity. IMHO, Lake Winnipesaukee is too deep for a total eutrophication in our childrens' lifetimes, or maybe not for centuries.
A lake adjacent to my winter residence lake is surrounded by mostly year-round houses with lawns—a shrinking environment of trees—and no town sewer: in size, it is about twice as big as "The Basin" in Tuftonboro.
When it eventually "eutrophied" to such an extent that breathing the air became a health hazard
, the State found the money to install a huge water fountain to aerate (and recirculate) the entire lake!
A "fish tank bubbler" it's not, but the falling water from the fountain provides a nice breeze for sailing when there isn't any wind otherwise!