Once again on Saturday, as sometimes happens, an aimless bike ride around Albany brought me to a place I had never been.
Just in case you were wondering whether Albany’s Waverly Lake now has a fountain, the answer is no, not yet.
Looks like Aquatic Harvesting accomplished its mission on Albany’s Wavery Lake, so today the company crew loaded their two weed harvesting machines for transport to their next assignment.
So what happens with the green muck that’s being pulled out of Waverly Lake in Albany? For yesterday’s report I forgot to ask, so today I thought I’d better nail that down.
The surface of Albany’s Waverly Lake appeared vastly improved on Thursday, one day after a couple of weed and algae harvesting machines started churning through the water.
As you have either noticed or guessed, the paddle boats that used to be available for rent on Waverly Lake in summers past are not out there now.
Winter at Waverly Lake: Waiting for aeration
Albany’s Waverly Lake is a picturesque feature of the cityscape, especially in winter when the water is clear. And city officials have not forgotten about the project to keep it more or less clear of algae year-round.
Tags: aeration, Albany parks, algae, algae control, lake weed control, Waverly Lake