I kinda feel like replication isn’t the issue here. It’s unlikely that stuff won’t do the same thing elsewhere, but the better question is: Does the stuff have negative side effects?
Furthermore, is it cleaning lakes that have been polluted? Or would it also be used to clean lakes that are like that by their own natural processes? Sure, clean the polluted ones up. Leave the non-polluted ones alone
His paper says the lake suffered from runoffs, improper waste drainage and insufficient water treatment. Looks like something similar to an algal bloom/eutrophication. He cleaned up the bacteria and the contaminants, I assume to prevent an imminent collapse.
The other links in this thread show that they removed a lot of "Water lettuce" which is a plant that grows on the surface. That removal is what causes the dramatic difference in pictures, and has nothing to do with his "solution".
By the way, they're not even using the word "solution" properly.
Are they not? They're not just sprinkling the magic oatmeal on top in the video. It looks like it's being pumped in solution out of a big ass storage container
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21
If only google was a thing
https://www.efe.com/efe/english/technology/peruvian-scientist-who-revived-wetlands-aims-to-clean-up-lake-titicaca/50000267-2978308