New CDA Lake phosphorus removal projects approved

The state of Idaho has issued a second round of grants for projects designed to keep phosphorus out of Coeur d'Alene Lake and neighboring water bod...

December 26, 2022
2:18 AM

The state of Idaho has issued a second round of grants for projects designed to keep phosphorus out of Coeur d'Alene Lake and neighboring water bodies.A lake advisory committee picked 10 proposals — totaling $3.6 million — for the lake and surrounding watersheds, including one designed to reduce the phosphorus loading into Fernan Lake.'Not only does it help assimilate some of the phosphorus that enters, ultimately, Coeur d'Alene Lake, but we're hopeful that that one also will help with some of the algae problems we've been having in Fernan Lake,' says Dan McCracken, the regional administrator for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

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