Five Months!

Five months of lost business.
Five months of inconvenience.
Five months of increased business costs.
Five months of worry.
Five months of Blue/Green Algae.

I hope five months has been long enough for the authorities to put a plan in place to make sure this does not happen to Llyn Padarn again. They do seem to realise that improvements are needed. Welsh Water are trying to find a more effective position in the treatment process for the removal of phosphate, this should give an improvement on previous performance. Welsh Water are also carrying out maintenance work on the sewers on the way to Llanberis water treatment works to prevent the infiltration of lake water into the system, this should save the treatment works being hindered by the high flow rates it has been experiencing. The Environment Agency is also reviewing the different capacities of Llyn Padarn for things like phosphates. I am sure that they will also update the discharge consent level for the treatments works and bring it down to lake levels rather than continuing to allow discharge at river levels.

At least the lake is now clear of this menace.