The Rice Creek Watershed District will lead a panel discussion at Fridley City Hall on May 22, 2013, 3:30–5:15 p.m.
Attend a panel discussion about the water quality at Locke Lake on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 3:30–5:15 p.m. According to the City of Fridley website, the meeting will be "led by Matt Kocian from the Rice Creek Watershed District called 2013 Update on Locke Lake Water Quality and Next Steps." Related:
City of Fridley Parks and Recreation Department closes the beach in mid-August.
A July 5 Fridley Patch post about swimming at Moore Lake ("Fridley Folks Hit Moore Lake Beach in the Heat—Briefly") drew 16 comments at the Fridley Patch Facebook page—many of them questioning the quality of the lake's water. How is the lake's water quality? Mark Daly takes water samples in Moore Lake for the City of Fridley Parks and Recreation Department every two weeks. He provided the test data in the table below. "When the e-coli numbers get over 200 [organisms per 100 milliliters] we look at retesting the water," Daly said by email Monday, "and if they come back high again we close the beach until we get acceptable readings." Typically, Daly said, Moore Lake's E. coli count gets worse as the summer season advances—as borne out in …
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Scott Lund told Patch the city's water is "very, very good."
Fridley Mayor Scott Lund said the city's use of aquifers leads to high quality water filtration and mentioned New Brighton as a neighboring community with less pure water. "All in all we have very, very good water here," he said in an interview last Monday at Fridley City Hall. Water quality has been one of the concerns of the Fridley Cancer Cluster group on Facebook.
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The department took an additional "raw water" sample of Fridley's drinking water to test for contaminants.
The Minnesota Department of Health collected on Monday an “investigative sample” of Fridley’s drinking water, which will be tested for contaminants. The unscheduled test came in response to concerns raised by the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook group, which now has more than 2,000 members and has attracted the attention of consumer advocate Erin Brockovich. The testing was undertaken at the request of the city of Fridley, said James Kosluchar, the city's public works director. A regularly scheduled annual test for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was already scheduled Monday for Fridley's post-treatment water supply. Kosluchar said the city decided to collect an additional "grab sample" from raw, untreated water in Well No. 9, one of the …
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5:33 pm on Friday, July 27, 2012
I have lived in Fridley for almost 40 years and have had cancer. I now have some peripheral neuropathy. If our drinking water is exceeding the acceptable contaminant level it should be cleaned up. Does a water filter in my home help in removing the contaminants? more ›
Fridley has lakes, creeks and a big river. A contest seeks good ideas on how to keep them clean.
Do you want to reduce urban runoff and pollution that flows into local lakes, creeks and rivers? Do you have a good idea for how you and your friends and neighbors could work together to clean up soil, grass clippings and leaves from streets and storm drains? And could you use $500? Then here is a contest for you. The Freshwater Society is sponsoring a Work For Water micro challenge that will award two $500 prizes for the best short-term community projects that protect waters from pollution caused by leaves, grass and soil that wash into streets and, eventually, local waterways. The contest opened Sept. 20, and entries will be accepted until Oct. 11. The winner will be announced Oct. 18. The project must be completed by Nov. 12. Learn more…
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9:47 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012
What do they do with the geese after the round up? I hope they get moved instead of killed. more ›