Something is in the water in Norwalk Harbor, and it's not pretty. VMurdockTV went to take a look and find out what's afloat.
The water in Norwalk Harbor, especially around South Norwalk Boat Club, does not look like it used to."I don't want to go in it," Norwalk resident Susan Mott said."It looks like ... the stuff they spread on the fields, the liquid manure," Redding resident Richard Friese said."I think it's the sewage plant.""No, I haven't noticed a smell," Friese said.
"Boaters have not been feeling very comfortable about it," said Glenn Perschino, marina chairman of the South Norwalk Boat Club.We reached out Reza Marsooli, assistant professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, to get his expert opinion.Marsooli says brown tide is most common when the water is warm and overloaded with nutrients, especially following a heavy rain event; recall May 20, when over 2 inches fell."Nitrogen. What we see in fertilizers," he said.
Marsooli says if it covers a wide swath and lasts long, it can have an impact on marine flora, cutting off light, and subsequently marine life, when oxygen levels drop. But the water quality already looks better than it did, according to Perschino. "When people talk about brown tide, what do you think?" Murdock asked Copps Island Oysters owner Norman Bloom.Bloom says a little color in the water means good eatin'. His bivalves feed off of algae of any color. Bloom beds are blooming, the haul impressive.Marsooli says preventing brown tide is challenging, but it can be mitigated with better controls of stormwater runoff.
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