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Blue-green algae blooms are a consistent issue in Windsor Lake every year. As the community continues to grow, so does the amount of pollutants entering local waterways via stormwater runoff. These pollutants combined with warm temperatures and other factors enable the blue-green algae to bloom , causing lake closures during the busiest summer months.
As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance non potable water quality, limit the impacts of blue-green algae and improve the water downstream that ultimately returns to the Cache la Poudre River, there will be four eco-friendly LG Sonic MPC-Buoys installed in Windsor Lake. These devices are designed to reduce the likelihood of blue-green algae blooms before they happen. Each buoy covers a 500 m (or 1,600 ft.) diameter and will be anchored strategically around the areas where blooms are most susceptible.
The LG Sonic MPC-Buoys utilize sonar technology to kill the bacteria responsible for blooms and sinks them to the bottom. Each buoy is equipped with two transmitters that monitor water parameters, quality and can predict when a bloom may occur. These buoys are also equipped with Wi-Fi so the data collected can be shared with town staff without having to retrieve any hardware from the device itself.
The Town of Windsor will continue stormwater efforts to improve the water quality in local lakes and rivers, through system-wide water quality testing, enhanced pond habitat efforts on the pond at Eastman park, where the floating islands were installed in 2023. Additionally, we are placing EutroSORB socks at key inlets to uptake any excess nutrients picked up in stormwater runoff.
Blue-green algae—also known as Cyanobacteria—are a type of bacteria that are common in lakes throughout Colorado. The algae multiply rapidly—and are impacted by a combination of unusually sustained hot weather, stagnant water and stormwater runoff that includes nutrient loading from fertilizers, grass clippings and other pollutants—to form blooms and scums.
Blue-green algae blooms are a consistent issue in Windsor Lake every year. As the community continues to grow, so does the amount of pollutants entering local waterways via stormwater runoff. These pollutants combined with warm temperatures and other factors enable the blue-green algae to bloom , causing lake closures during the busiest summer months.
As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance non potable water quality, limit the impacts of blue-green algae and improve the water downstream that ultimately returns to the Cache la Poudre River, there will be four eco-friendly LG Sonic MPC-Buoys installed in Windsor Lake. These devices are designed to reduce the likelihood of blue-green algae blooms before they happen. Each buoy covers a 500 m (or 1,600 ft.) diameter and will be anchored strategically around the areas where blooms are most susceptible.
The LG Sonic MPC-Buoys utilize sonar technology to kill the bacteria responsible for blooms and sinks them to the bottom. Each buoy is equipped with two transmitters that monitor water parameters, quality and can predict when a bloom may occur. These buoys are also equipped with Wi-Fi so the data collected can be shared with town staff without having to retrieve any hardware from the device itself.
The Town of Windsor will continue stormwater efforts to improve the water quality in local lakes and rivers, through system-wide water quality testing, enhanced pond habitat efforts on the pond at Eastman park, where the floating islands were installed in 2023. Additionally, we are placing EutroSORB socks at key inlets to uptake any excess nutrients picked up in stormwater runoff.
Blue-green algae—also known as Cyanobacteria—are a type of bacteria that are common in lakes throughout Colorado. The algae multiply rapidly—and are impacted by a combination of unusually sustained hot weather, stagnant water and stormwater runoff that includes nutrient loading from fertilizers, grass clippings and other pollutants—to form blooms and scums.
