Within the bottle, invisible to the naked eye, a newly discovered bacterial strain referred to only as 105 was eating away at toxic copper sulfate to leave pure copper atoms. The bacteria had been ...

Based on EPA guidelines, crews applied 13 pounds of copper sulfate to one pond and 44 pounds during two applications at a larger and deeper pond, Boatner said.

The water quality in the pond improved almost immediately after the copper sulfate treatment. On Aug. 14, one day after the treatment, the cyanobacteria dropped to 22,000 cells/mL. On Aug. 15, the ...

Later in the day on Wednesday, the city also announced that it will begin use of copper sulfate on Indian Lake and Coes Pond on Thursday. The treatment is meant to control the growth of harmful ...

According to Straus, copper sulfate is the only practical treatment to control Ich in catfish ponds that average about 10 acres in area. It is easy to use, effective and inexpensive, and is safe ...