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Old 12-12-2009, 05:30 AM   #12
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Wink BIG Bubblers, Maybe...

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Originally Posted by wifi View Post
So, if all the lakefront owners put fish tank bubblers in front of their houses, would this help out?
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!
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