Muck plaguing Lake St. Clair shoreline getting worse
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) - What's causing the muck along Lake St. Clair? That's what Macomb County officials want to learn as they pulled s...
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) - What's causing the muck along Lake St. Clair? That's what Macomb County officials want to learn as they pulled samples from the shoreline along Jefferson Avenue in Harrison Township. The samples were sent to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for further study - part of a two-year joint study between the parties to learn how the algae forms. The muck tends to accumulate in areas of the lake with little water movement. According to Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, the material then breaks away and forms dense, free-floating mats that clog the shoreline and canals.