Sep. 13—Lake Metroparks has reopened the pond at Canine Meadow Dog Park after a six-day closure.
The park district introduced the reopening in a Sept. 11 Facebook publish. It initially reported closing the pond on Sept. 5, with Park Services Director Tom Adair stating that workers noticed what “appeared like algae.”
“They noticed the algae and figured, ‘Better protected than sorry, let’s shut it after which take a take a look at,'” mentioned Lee Homyock, administrator for the neighboring Lake Metroparks Farmpark.
“Just as a result of there’s algae, does not imply that there is a micro organism problem,” he added.
The park district was cleared to reopen the pond after recent exams, Homyock mentioned, with the samples being collected by Aqua Doc. The lab examined for fecal coliform, which he referred to as “an indicator of micro organism.”
“They put the bottle in below the water, so it is not simply taken off the highest,” Homyock added.
He mentioned that the algae bloom was additionally handled.
Homyock added that this was the pond’s first closure this yr.
“We observe the identical tips {that a} pond or water supply, together with Lake Erie, would use for human swimming,” he mentioned.
“We monitor at the least as soon as a month,” Homyock mentioned. “If we see any indications, we begin testing. If it really had a failing take a look at, we might proceed to check each few days till it handed.”
The pond had been beneath the protected swimming threshold for fecal coliform after Aug. 24 testing, he mentioned.
Canine Meadow Dog Park is positioned at 9010 Euclid-Chardon Road, Kirtland. According to the park webpage, it features a 2.57-acre giant canine space, a 1.02-acre small canine space and the 1.84-acre pond.
A listing of park guidelines and etiquette are available at bit.ly/3DffUkw.
