Notice: Lake Singletary Aquatic Treatment

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NOTIFICATION OF AQUATIC TREATMENT
LAKE SINGLETARY, SUTTON/MILLBURY

Selected areas of Lake Singletary in Sutton/Millbury will be chemically treated with
USEPA/MA registered aquatic herbicides and algaecides to control nuisance and
invasive aquatic vegetation and algae on Monday, August 23 rd , 2021. The entire lake will
be closed to all water uses including swimming, fishing and boating on the day of
treatment. In addition, use of the lake water for livestock watering will be restricted
until August 25 th , drinking/cooking until August 27 th and irrigation until August 29 th .
Printed posters warning of these temporary water use restrictions will be posted along
the lake shoreline in advance of the treatment and will also be available on the Lake
Singletary Association’s web-site at www.lakesingletary.org and click on “News”. The
treatment is being performed for the Lake Singletary Watershed Association, pursuant
to licenses/permits from MassDEP and the Sutton and Millbury Conservation
Commissions. SOLitude Lake Management of Shrewsbury is the state licensed company
who will be performing the treatment.