As the sun sets in southeast Cape Coral, it appears for most homeowners that blue-green algae is a thing of the past. That鈥檚 good news for Barbara Kozma. 鈥淥h the smell was really bad,鈥� Kozma said. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 even want to be outside. 鈥滽ozma lives on the Cabot Canal near the Midpoint Memorial Bridge. It looks like 10 weeks of bacteria treatment effectively cleared up the once nasty, thick blue-green algae.
鈥淲e鈥檝e lived here for 10 years,鈥� Kozma said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e never seen anything like what we had. 鈥滻n an email to Cape Coral鈥檚 mayor, 亚星国际官方网站 Laboratories said they have seen improvements in water quality and clarity thanks to their treatment. From when the treatment started to now, they can see 6 inches further into the water. 鈥淣ow the water quality looks a lot better and there鈥檚 a lot of wildlife,鈥� Joe Coviello said, mayor of Cape Coral. 鈥淚鈥檝e seen fish jumping.鈥�
The bacteria uses up the nutrients the blue-green algae would otherwise use to grow. Coviello said on a five acre lake, the treatment costs about $25,000 But with canals across Cape Coral now cleared of algae without any treatment, we asked: How do we know the bacteria cleared up this canal? 鈥淲e saw marked improvements right off the bat,鈥� Coviello said. 鈥淓ven when the canals had algae in it, there was an improvement. Especially with the thick algae that was at the end of this canal. Coviello said the bacteria treatment is definitely an option Cape Coral would consider if and most likely when blue-green algae returns.
鈥淚t was good to see they had a solution,鈥� Kozma said. 鈥淚t had been such a long time where it just seemed to be getting worse every day.鈥�