This can't happen anymore

[sumdumguy]

Sumdum, I see your point. It is not necessarily the spray plane that Contaminated the lake.

That sounds like a pretty shallow lake, 12 feet, more like a slough maybe. This time of year, she might be pretty green, lacking oxygen. Echo Lake is many times deeper and last weekend it was green as pea soup on our side and dead fish wash up on shore along with crayfish and all kinds of lake creatures. Who are we going to blame, the plane that flew over last year?

This sounds like CBC and CNN needed a story.

[samhill]

Strange

With this dry weather not likely there would be runoff from a premerge. Or have they received substantial precip?
Not likely premerge is aerial app, but could be.

[hobbyfrmr]

That sounds like a pretty shallow lake, 12 feet, more like a slough maybe. This time of year, she might be pretty green, lacking oxygen. Echo Lake is many times deeper and last weekend it was green as pea soup on our side and dead fish wash up on shore along with crayfish and all kinds of lake creatures. Who are we going to blame, the plane that flew over last year?

This sounds like CBC and CNN needed a story.

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Algae blooms and lack of oxygen happen in many areas, fish, and insects die, that is nature. This does not explain the matador residue in the water.
It is a sure sign of reckless use or handling by somebody. I seldom care what the others are doing but this is newsworthy. Hopefully they can do some sleuthing, find the culprit and slap a very large fine on them.

[bgmb]

Can someone help me on this?

Seech lake contains approx 4675946505.603 liters of water. I arrived at that number from the following information which I found online:

Seech Lake is a natural lake that covers a surface area of 0.61 km2 (0.24 mi2), has an average depth of 4 meters (12 feet).

MSDS from syngenta says eco acute toxicity .24ppb.

What is the minimum amount of matador required to reach .24ppb in a water volume of 4675946505 litres?

Seech lake is over according to locals is over 50 ft deep. Witnesses have stated the airplane did not spray over the lake

[Jay-mo]

Gotta be more to this story then a bit of drift or swinging part of a spray boom over some swampy tributary of this lake.

[pourfarmer]

Seech lake is over according to locals is over 50 ft deep. Witnesses have stated the airplane did not spray over the lake

Average depth is 12ft. Meaning parts of it could very well be 50ft deep and other parts maybe 2 or 4 ft deep.

[bgmb]

Average depth is 12ft. Meaning parts of it could very well be 50ft deep and other parts maybe 2 or 4 ft deep.

Sorry Google is wrong on this one

[sumdumguy]

I doubt if onr lab would say it is Matador. They would identify it as a chemical name, not a companu name, sounds like bull crap to me.

[hobbyfrmr]

I doubt if onr lab would say it is Matador. They would identify it as a chemical name, not a companu name, sounds like bull crap to me.

Agreed. The lab would identify the chemical, not the commercial name. This is where the news article goes sideways. They attached it to the commercial name Matador. I am more curious than ever how that chemical ended up in the lake. It may be something entirely different. I hope they find the source.

[furrowtickler]

Have to agree sumdum - this story sounds fishy .
Maybe the sorce of the story is a pot head smoking tree hugger wearing a toque in the middle of summer in 32 deg weather ???
Just a guess

[farmaholic]

Have to agree sumdum - this story sounds fishy .
Maybe the sorce of the story is a pot head smoking tree hugger wearing a toque in the middle of summer in 32 deg weather ???
Just a guess

Too funny furrow....but true all to often.

I was going to bring that up about using the trade/product name. The chemical name should have been used and the source is?????

[pourfarmer]

Sorry Google is wrong on this one

Ok, here is where I found the info:

https://www.lakepedia.com/lake/seech.html

"Seech Lake is a natural lake that covers a surface area of 0.61 km2 (0.24 mi2), has an average depth of 4 meters (12 feet). Seech Lake has a total shore line of 4 kilometers (2 miles). The lake, which sits at an elevation of 617 meters (2,025 feet), drains a whatershed that covers 2 km2 (0.77 mi2) and has a residence time of 12,472 days (35 years)."