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Lacamas Lake treatments could begin by this summer

City officials set to approve contract with Aquatechnix to apply 'very safe' chemicals that bind phosphorus, help prevent toxic algal blooms

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A sign warns visitors to Lacamas Lake that the lake is experiencing a toxic algal bloom, Sept. 23, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

The Camas City Council is set to approve a plan to begin applying a chemical treatment to Lacamas Lake this summer that should help reduce the number of toxic algal blooms in one of Camas’ most popular recreation sites. 

“We’ve talked to contractors, the vendor, the consultant team and the county … and everyone is assuming we’ll need probably two applications this summer,” Camas Public Works Director Steve Wall told Council members during their March 18 workshop. 

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