Sometimes, despite what Kermit says, being green is too easy. At least that appears to be the case for the lake at Ber Juan Park in Rolla.
Three UMR graduate students recently collected water samples in order to determine what's causing green slime to cover the water. Their finding?
The lake is eutrophic. In essence, this means that the water is overly rich in mineral and organic nutrients, specifically phosphorus and nitrogen, that promote plant life and especially algae growth. ... “This is not a unique problem,” Joel Burken said. As long as the lake is getting excessive nutrients, said Burken, this sort of growth is a common, and even likely, thing to occur.
From the Rolla Daily News.
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