Lake Carmi homeowners ask Vermont lawmakers for emergency relief
Seeking strict controls on farm runoff entering lake, mandatory aeration
Updated: 7:20 PM EST Feb 8, 2018
Lake Carmi homeowners ask Vermont lawmakers for emergency relief
Seeking strict controls on farm runoff entering lake, mandatory aeration
Updated: 7:20 PM EST Feb 8, 2018
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Lake Carmi homeowners ask Vermont lawmakers for emergency relief
Seeking strict controls on farm runoff entering lake, mandatory aeration
Updated: 7:20 PM EST Feb 8, 2018
Homeowners living near Lake Carmi are urging lawmakers to approve emergency measures to restrict phosphorus runoff from entering the lake. They blame nearby farms for explosive algae growth last summer and fall and fear it is only getting worse. The group appeared Thursday before the House Natural Resources Committee, which is now considering H. 730. "I hate to say it, but it is the poster child," said Putney Rep. David Deen, chairman of the committee who is sponsoring the legislation. "That lake is simply not usable by residents. It's not healthy in terms of its environment and we know it's due to nutrient loading."Part of the bill, which has yet to be fully drafted, declares Lake Carmi a "lake in crisis." "When a lake is declared to be in crisis, the State shall appropriate financial resources to the Agency of Natural Resources sufficient to improve the quality of the lake in crisis," the initial draft reads, and would require installation of aeration to help discourage algae growth. Some critics of the proposed bill worry severe restrictions on phosphorus runoff near Lake Carmi would effectively shut down dairy farming in that part of Franklin County. But Rob Evans, who has owned a camp on the lake for 12 years, said it's time state officials faced the severity of the problem."The problem and the solution always comes back to agriculture," he told the panel. For four months last year, residents said, a foul stench and thick mats of green and turquoise gunk coated the surface of the once-pristine lake. They said they're frustrated the state has moved slowly. "If we have another summer like last summer, the town of Franklin will suffer. Camp owners, property values, all those things on a smaller scale will show exactly what will happen on Lake Champlain," Evans said. "The Green Mountain State is going to become known as the green water state."
MONTPELIER, Vt. —
Homeowners living near Lake Carmi are urging lawmakers to approve emergency measures to restrict phosphorus runoff from entering the lake.
They blame nearby farms for explosive algae growth last summer and fall and fear it is only getting worse.
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The group appeared Thursday before the House Natural Resources Committee, which is now considering H. 730.
"I hate to say it, but it is the poster child," said Putney Rep. David Deen, chairman of the committee who is sponsoring the legislation. "That lake is simply not usable by residents. It's not healthy in terms of its environment and we know it's due to nutrient loading."
Part of the bill, which has yet to be fully drafted, declares Lake Carmi a "lake in crisis."
"When a lake is declared to be in crisis, the State shall appropriate financial resources to the Agency of Natural Resources sufficient to improve the quality of the lake in crisis," the initial draft reads, and would require installation of aeration to help discourage algae growth.
Some critics of the proposed bill worry severe restrictions on phosphorus runoff near Lake Carmi would effectively shut down dairy farming in that part of Franklin County.
But Rob Evans, who has owned a camp on the lake for 12 years, said it's time state officials faced the severity of the problem.
"The problem and the solution always comes back to agriculture," he told the panel.
For four months last year, residents said, a foul stench and thick mats of green and turquoise gunk coated the surface of the once-pristine lake.
They said they're frustrated the state has moved slowly.
"If we have another summer like last summer, the town of Franklin will suffer. Camp owners, property values, all those things on a smaller scale will show exactly what will happen on Lake Champlain," Evans said. "The Green Mountain State is going to become known as the green water state."