• Reasonable and effective maintenance practices for the management of urban and rural surface waters existed prior to the dominance of the newer herbicide and biocide application methods.
• Although they nearly disappeared in years of chemical treatment strategies, they can be the strategies employed under the new regulations.

• Aquatic herbicide treatments also eliminate all the types of vegetation that you "might have wanted" to keep
• Absorption of excess nutrients that feed algae blooms can be consumed by types of aquatic plants that provide both function and beauty.
• In our project examples below, the Chevron Corporation fire water lake is for fighting fires through the sprinkler system for the first 10 minutes while people are potentially still "inside" their corporate campus buildings. The logic for a non-chemical program for this type of lake is fairly clear.

• If the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision is not overturned chemical treatments of surface waters may be a thing of the past.
• There is an enormous difference between a lake management firm accustomed to chemical treatments and one that has had experience in maintaining aquatic habitat.

• We can take a previously chemically treated lake or water feature and return it to a viable aquatic habitat.
• We may even return it to the point that you might have sturdy Trout or Bass and all the way down to the smallest organisms, upon which these species feed.
• If rapid restoration is required we can provide access to numerous species that will enhance the rate of recovery of diversity.

• Chemical Maintenance Programs for waters intended to be used to suppress fires may pose an increased
  number of issues. What will the lake's fire water contact when utilized for fire suppression?
• If the water is used to suppress fires within an occupied building it could make contact with
  employees or visitors attempting to evacuate.
• Simple chlorine treatments might impair an evacuee's eyesight. Chlorinated water can corrode electrical components
  within the computers left behind and potentially destroy delicate machinery and inventories.
• Complex hydrocarbon biocides often have "no human contact" restrictions, for many days following use.
• Heavy metal biocides might leave corrosive or even conductive residues.
• In our project examples below, the Chevron Corporation fire water lake is for fighting fires through the sprinkler system for the first 10 minutes while people are potentially still "inside" their corporate campus buildings. The logic for a non-chemical program for this type of lake is fairly clear. To view an aerial of this lake "click here"

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