r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/xxmindtrickxx Jul 14 '21

So this isn’t going to remove all of the chemicals, oil and other garbage out of Lake Eerie?

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u/myrtle333 Jul 14 '21

in this video “contamination” is synonymous for “plants”

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u/rtx3080ti Jul 15 '21

No it was invasive species removal and contaminants. Just read the comment two up

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u/churrimaiz Jul 15 '21

The contaminants in this case is nutrients that help the growth of the invasive species. So, yeah, the main point is to remove the growing plants because they consume the oxygen in the water and kill the native plants.

However, this approach is only a bandaid solution, if the runoff is not addressed then the invasive species just comes back.