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Boise Parks & Rec Efforts To Keep City Ponds Clean And Safe

Published June 13, 2019 at 4:53 PM MDT
MATT GUILHEM / BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO
Kids and families go for a dip in Boise's Quinn's Pond on a summer morning.

The Boise Parks and Recreation department has implemented new measures to keepthe ponds in city parks cleanand free of e. coli, bacteria and algae blooms. Parks & Rec director Doug Holloway and Environmental Division Senior Manager Haley Falconer join Idaho Matters to talk about keeping the city's ponds clean, safe and swimmable.

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Idaho Matters Boise Parks and RecreationQuinn's PondEsther Simplot ParkE. ColiAlgae Bloom
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