Water Quality Violation Issued Against Queensbury Yacht Club

The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DOEC) has issued a notice to a Queensbury yacht club (QYC) for violating water quality. The department has issued the notice after a dredging project went awry on Lake George. According to the DEC, the club has the state permit to dredge the bay for navigational purposes. On Sept. 19, around 4 p.m. a collection bag was found that was filled with water burst and dredged sediment. The agency said the collection bag has been designed to drain the clean water from the sediment and then back into the lake. The bag portion that

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