Gold algae, or microglon, which can origin the fish to fall asleep, appeared in the area of the Gliwice Canal. Soldiers from the 5th Chemical Regiment were assigned to neutralise it. The task force they formed is working 24 hours a day to remove the threat and prevent the disaster that occurred on Oder a fewer years ago.
Soldiers from the 5th Chemical Regiment aid neutralize the golden algae in the Kłodnica River.
"In Pławniowice in the territory of Gliwice, in the Kłodnica River, a crucial proliferation of alleged golden algae was detected," wrote the head of the MON in social media, informing about the military's initiation to neutralise the threats that in 2022 led to the environmental disaster of Oder. "The situation is monitored on an ongoing basis", added the Deputy Prime Minister.
– We have reached the readiness to administer the drug on Saturday at 12. We've started a perhydrol dose that is maintained 24 hours a day. We are there all the time and we act as an executive entity, who has the strength and the means to carry out this task – says Lieutenant Kamil Chudoba, commander of the 2nd Company 5th Chemical Regiment from the Tarnowskie Mountains, which secretes a task force to fight gold algae in Kłodnica. The indicative completion date for perhydrol is unknown. Lieutenant Chudoba points out that the soldiers are doing their occupation for the Environmental Protection Inspectorate, following Dr. Luke Weber's instructions.
Blades on the Kłodnica
– We are set up in 1 place at the small Water Power Plant. The installation doses the average into the flowing water, which is carried further with the current of the river, eliminating toxins and gold algae," says Company 2 commander.
Soldiers from the 5th Chemical Regiment aid neutralize the golden algae in the Kłodnica River.
Soldiers of the 5th Chemical Regiment began their activities shortly after the Silesian Voivodeship announced a ban on the water of the Kłodnica River on the section from the tiny Water Power Plant in Pławniowice to the border of the Silesian Voivodeship. The restrictions are to apply until 31 July and relate in peculiar to: water consumption, water entry, bathing, fishing and fish consumption, watering of livestock and home animals, the usage of water for economical purposes (e.g. watering), water sports and tourism. "The infringement of the prohibition entails the anticipation of imposing a fine, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Offence", stressed the voivod declaration.
How to remove gold algae?
This is one more time erstwhile Task Force 5 of the Tarnogórski Chemical Regiment helps neutralize gold algae (Primnesium parvum) in Polish water reservoirs. The weapon utilized to fight these algae is perhydrol (hydrogen peroxide solution). A measurement commonly utilized for water treatment last year was utilized to carry out a investigation experimentation on the flower of golden algae in the Gliwice Canal and the reservoir Owning a large and bulky snorkel of fish in this area. The Ministry of Climate and Environment then reported that an experimentation with hydrogen peroxide caused the demolition of gold algae cells and led to a simplification of this algae with efficiency of 90–99.9%.
