The state Department of Boating and Waterways is on the warpath -- invasive Delta weeds, you're on notice.
The state agency has begun applying a chemical to waterways around Discovery Bay and Bethel Island in eastern Contra Costa County in an effort to eradicate -- or at least reduce -- the presence of Egeria densa, an invasive aquatic weed, the Contra Costa Times reported.
The treatment costs $5.3 million and will last until Oct. 15. The "nontoxic" chemical fluridone is being spread via pellets, the newspaper reported. The same treatment cost $6 million last summer.
Local residents and officials alike pleaded with the state to kill the weed, which annoys swimmers as well as boaters trying to enjoy the Delta's pleasures.
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The newspaper listed the following areas as on the schedule for treatment: "Taylor Slough, Piper Slough, Dutch Slough and Sand Mound Slough in the Bethel Island area; Steamboat Slough; Wright's Tract; Honker Cut; Coney Island; Orwood Island; Byron Tract; the west side of Discovery Bay; and portions of the east side of the town."
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