Three Bellevue swimming areas closed for Milfoil treatment

Parks will remain open, while the swimming areas will close for 24 hours for Milfoil treatment

July 10, 2014 12:58 pm

Three swimming areas in Bellevue will close for Milfoil treatment in the coming week.

Treatment will take place at the Bellevue Marina and private applications at neighborhood properties.

The Department of Ecology cites Milfoil as the most problematic plant in Washington for its ability to alter a water body’s ecology by preventing wind from mixing oxygenated surface water with deeper water.

All treatments begin and end at 7 a.m., and parks will remain open during the swimming area closures.

Meydenbauer Beach Park, 419 98th Ave. NE: July 15-16

Clyde Beach Park, 9415 Lake Washington Blvd.: July 15-16

Newcastle Beach Park, 440 Lake Washington Blvd. SE: July 16-17