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Phantom · 03-22-2006, 01:35 PM

DO NOT FEAR CHEMICAL TREATMENTS !!

I live on a small lake here in MA when not at Winni -- a number of years ago (about 4yrs) we had the chemical treatment for milfoil done by A C T 's competitor (public bid) and there was a tremendous change for the positive!! We were restricted from swimming for about a week - boating was allowed.

The unfortunate part of our saga is that it was suppose to be followed up by two - three scheduled follow-on treatments which never occurred due to some local environmentalist group hiring "an ambulance chasing lawyer" (yes I'm bitter) and threatened all kinds of legal action. The Town backed away from the project and now our state "Grant" money has expired leaving the Lake residents with the problem of raising in the vicinity of $50,000 to start the process all over from the beginning........

The sad part is that because the follow on treatments didn't go as scheduled our milfoil problem is once again returning.

If there is anyone who wants detailed information (and I'm not the person) I can put them in touch with our local lake "committee" who researched and planned the treatment program -- it was a 5-8 year process to get to the Treatment program approval - only to be de-railed in the end ---- a Tragedy!

03-22-2006, 01:35 PM	#22
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,934 Thanks: 450 Thanked 605 Times in 341 Posts	DO NOT FEAR CHEMICAL TREATMENTS !! I live on a small lake here in MA when not at Winni -- a number of years ago (about 4yrs) we had the chemical treatment for milfoil done by A C T 's competitor (public bid) and there was a tremendous change for the positive!! We were restricted from swimming for about a week - boating was allowed. The unfortunate part of our saga is that it was suppose to be followed up by two - three scheduled follow-on treatments which never occurred due to some local environmentalist group hiring "an ambulance chasing lawyer" (yes I'm bitter) and threatened all kinds of legal action. The Town backed away from the project and now our state "Grant" money has expired leaving the Lake residents with the problem of raising in the vicinity of $50,000 to start the process all over from the beginning........ The sad part is that because the follow on treatments didn't go as scheduled our milfoil problem is once again returning. If there is anyone who wants detailed information (and I'm not the person) I can put them in touch with our local lake "committee" who researched and planned the treatment program -- it was a 5-8 year process to get to the Treatment program approval - only to be de-railed in the end ---- a Tragedy!