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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
An extreme view would be that "Winnipesaukee will be overrun with milfoil". 
Milfoil can't grow in the deep parts of the lake and there are many square miles where milfoil would be excluded simply by depth.
Why I appreciate every comprehensive approach, it's questionable that milfoil can be eradicated: exotic milfoil is not only fast-growing, it can sprout from a small fragment. Milfoil would be less of a problem if communities stopped "feeding it" with runoff that is nutritious for it.
Rather than spend funds on frivolous "shovel-ready" projects, a wide-based sewer system that diverts such nutrients from the Winnipesaukee Basin would make far more sense.
IMHO.  |
You hit it right on the nail! Back in the 70's and 80's there was an ambitous federal and state plan to have a sewer line around the lake. The money ran out when the sewer line hit the Wise Owl Store on Rte 11. The old lake shore railroad bed was use to bury the sewer line. That was when they realize the sewage treatment plant on lake Winnisquam was causing substantial algae blooms on that lake. The project was shut down so that they can extend the sewage line down to the Merrimac River and build another plant in Franklin. Lots of money wasted. (No puns intended
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