SEATTLE — A project is starting Monday to treat algae blooms in Green Lake.
Crews will spend the next two weeks pre-treating the lake for algae.
The treatment is intended to reduce phosphorus levels in the lake and limit blue-green algae blooms to improve recreational use of the lake.
The parking lot north of the Green Lake Small Craft Center, 5900 West Green Lake Way N., is closed so that the contractor can stage equipment.
The alum treatment is applied from a barge on the lake. The treatment is pumped from a truck in the parking lot through hoses that will run over the Green Lake path to the barge.
A small ramp will be in place so those using the Green Lake path can travel over the hoses.
The alum treatments have happened twice before in 1991 and 2004.
This year’s treatments are expected to be completed by April 18.
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