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Redneckangler · Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT

Took the kids to the Southington bike trail just as it was being shut down and hazmat teams were arriving. Have to look above Hanover Pond tomorrow to see if how much escapes the booms.

jomonkey527 · Joined: 22 Oct 2010 Posts: 225

MarkO · Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 330

Yes, its sad, but these hazmat teams do a pretty good job of containment and clean up. If it was 40 years ago...

knowfish · Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 123 Location: Meriden

Its too bad as progress has been made on cleaning up the Quinnie over the last decade and water quality was improving. Lets hope most of the oil will be contained and removed.

Redneckangler · Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT

Went down yesterday evening below the containment point, and though there were some small bits of foam floating downstream, probably a detergent to break up any oil, I saw no sheen on the water. Looks like they did a good job. Dan Esty, head of DEEP, was on site as he lives nearby. The Q River has really improved just over the last ten years I've been up here, Want to keep that going!
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knowfish · Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 123 Location: Meriden

Thanks for the update. I wanted to take my grandkids fishing at Hanover Pond but was wondering if any oil would make it that far. I live right on Beaver Lake in Meriden and have always fished it. It used to be a good bass lake but the weeds and slime are so bad I can't get a cast off from my backyard. It seems like so many of our state ponds and lakes have a serious weed problems that no one addresses.

NWDarkcloud · Joined: 23 Apr 2012 Posts: 474

a lot of the weed and alge problems can be blamed on run of from yards the comon over use of fertilizers in lawns and gardens build up rapidly in lakes and ponds with the High bild up of nitrates in the water coupled with warm weather the weeds explode . You can see this clearly if you look at ponds that have developed shorelines with homes and those fed bye streams and rivers in highly populated areas compared to those that dont the ones that dont will allways have much cleaner water. Now when you factor in the non-native weeds from cross lake contamination from trailers and birds you end up with a lakes of salad. Sad

pretty soon you will need lures with a built in weed wacker attachment.......
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knowfish · Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 123 Location: Meriden

You are right fertilizers, detergents, road runoff and leaky septic systems have all contributed to the weeding/sliming of many lakes in CT. by making water "fertile" for weed/algae growth. Its very disturbing to say the least. I used to swim in my backyard at Beavers up until the 90's but each year after the weed growth has increased. Now you can barely row a boat and can't make a cast without weeds.

Redneckangler · Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT

It's definately ruining a lot of ponds. My uncle farms down in VA, and aside from limiting fertilizer runoff, he uses methods such as dropping barley roles in their ponds each year. It's chemical free, a natural algea blocker, fish feeder, and he already produces it. They have some monster largemouths in those ponds that stay scum free all summer, despite being surrounded by cultivated fields. I wonder if the QRWA and the city might experiment with this next year at Hanover prior to the algae blooms. Increased flow also helps, but given our water levels, this isn't happening.

Photo of my grandad with one of those fish:

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