The pond has shown improvement since the city changed its approach.
Love is patient, love is kind, but at Love Park, love was slime.
Two weeks after it opened in 2023, the pond in the park at the corner of York Street and Queens Quay West was covered in slimy green algae, making it the butt of jokes about love gone wrong. The city says a new water treatment system has fixed the problem.
A 1950s farm pond at one of Georgia's busiest parks had leaking banks, failing pipes and decades of sediment; Roswell spent $3.1 million rebuilding it to manage runoff from 52 acres
Chicago installed tree tubs and permeable pavement at Navy Pier; it helps capture stormwater while reducing annual pollution by 3 lb of phosphorus, 47 lb of nitrogen and 2 tons of sediment
In 2004, Iowa listed Easter Lake for murky water. 20 years later, restoration helped it meet water standards and park visits climbed from 500,000 to 1.3 million visitors
Trying to kill algae with chemicals is a common response when community ponds or other water features go green, but a freshwater…
Most of the picturesque 50-acre lake in Poole Park, Dorset, is covered in the green slime that has grown quickly during the…
‘It stinks and is disgusting,’ disgruntled business owners say as public avoids park in Dorset
GMDA said treated STP water was part of the original design and promised an inspection after residents raised concerns over the…
The algal bloom that turned the Reflecting Pool a vibrant green shouldn’t have been a surprise
The algal bloom that turned the Reflecting Pool a vibrant green shouldn’t have been a surprise
