Health & Fitness
Invasive Aquatic Plant Treatment Set For Coes Reservoir In Worcester
The northern section of Coes Reservoir will be treated as part of an effort to control an invasive aquatic plant.
WORCESTER, MA — The northern section of Coes Reservoir will be treated on Thursday as part of an effort to control an invasive aquatic plant.
The Worcester Department of Sustainability and Resilience has hired contractors to apply the herbicide ProcellaCOR, also known as florpyrauxifen-benzyl, to the section of the reservoir north of the Knights of Columbus property on Thursday.
The city is advising people not to use water from Coes Reservoir for plant or lawn irrigation or watering livestock. On the day of treatment, people should also stay out of the water, stop boat use and keep pets out of the water in the northern section of the lake.
Recreational use, including boating and swimming, is not restricted in the southern section of Coes Reservoir, according to the city.
Lake access points will be posted before the application. Water use restrictions are scheduled to be lifted on Friday.
The treatment is intended to control Eurasian milfoil, an invasive aquatic plant. Herbicide treatments are commonly used to reduce invasive weed density and pose no risk to humans or animals after application, though irrigation is discouraged, according to the city.
The Worcester Conservation Commission has approved the application.
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