Nokomis, Hiawatha next on cleanup list; A $2 million proposal to improve water quality includes filtering water that enters the two lakes.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: June 16, 1998| Author: Brandt, Steve | Copyright information

It's time for Lake Nokomis and Lake Hiawatha to get the same sort of cleanup attention that the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes started to get about five years ago. The program, under a plan recommended by a citizen committee, would cost nearly $2 million. The lion's share of the money would pay for installing a series of traps around the lakes to capture more of the water-borne phosphorus that nourishes algae, in turn clouding the water.

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