On the video, toward the

FAdams — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:47:14 -0500

On the video, toward the end, you see the bird deterrent on the top of the Solar Bee. The spikes prevent birds from sitting on it.

Solar circulation installed in Mitchell lake video

Leah Shaffer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:27:22 -0500

By Forrest Adams

Dead fish floating in water that looks like green pea soup and stinks like a swamp might tell the story of a blue-green algae contamination. Mitchell Lake in Eden Prairie is contaminated, and the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District is taking actions this summer to begin correcting it.

Two floating, stainless steel, solar-powered water circulation machines, called Solar Bees, were installed in Mitchell Lake last Wednesday as part of a pilot study to treat the harmful algae. The study has wide implications because watershed officials will base the results of this study on the solutions they offer for other area lakes with blue-green algae problems, including Lotus Lake, Riley Lake and Lake Susan in Chanhassen and Round Lake in Eden Prairie.

Watch a video of the Solar Bee installation.

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On the video, toward the

Solar circulation installed in Mitchell lake video