Myriad Gardens

[Paseofreak]

$5 for a chili cheese dog? Only the BTT/Mutts/Backdoor crowd would be so presumptious.

[Pete]

[shawnw]

I'm hoping if we get the bland version of the central park that over time new features are added via private contribtions, similar to how this wedding chapel was added after the fact to the MBG, to give it more of a feeling of community ownership...

[Pete]

Happy Saint Paddy's Day (but not so happy for the fish, ducks and the MG Foundation who has to clean this up):

[Urbanized]

Shameful. They got the United Way Plaza fountain in Lower Bricktown too.

[BoulderSooner]

Depending on what dye they used it could have no impact on the fish of birds.

[Paseofreak]

Chicago uses a vegetable dye (harmless), but my guess would be that this is fluorescein. Same stuff used to find leaks in dams and sewers. Still fairly benign.

[Urbanized]

Myriad Gardens said via Twitter that they will be forced to drain the lake, for whatever it's worth. They sound pissed. Rightfully so.

[UnFrSaKn]

I heard a guy from the park talking to a woman and other people who just pulled up with astonished expressions that they will have to get city water brought in to fill it back up. I just overheard this walking by though. None of them seemed thrilled.

[Urbanized]

Which will require a lengthy period after to adjust Ph levels to habitable for the fish. Remember how long it took the MBG to get the fish back in after construction?

[BoulderSooner]

Which will require a lengthy period after to adjust Ph levels to habitable for the fish. Remember how long it took the MBG to get the fish back in after construction?

Or after testing the water if it is not harmful to the fish they could just leave it and it will go away on its own

[Anonymous.]

If it is the same stuff used in Chicago, it fades in hours.

EDIT: Didn't really take into account when I posted. Not sure if the dye fades in Chicago due to natural water replenishment or the dye actually wears off?

[Urbanized]

Or after testing the water if it is not harmful to the fish they could just leave it and it will go away on its own

They have already stated publicly that it will require draining. Replenishment with tap source will require time to establish correct Ph, as happened during construction.

[Paseofreak]

They stated that, but without test results, now do they know it's so?

[soonerguru]

This is disgusting. So mad right now. Hope they catch the perps and make them pay dearly.

[Paseofreak]

I instantly thought it was pretty cool, and done with official consent. However, if it does damage, causes fauna and flora duress or costs money then lower the boom!

[UnFrSaKn]

Green water found at Myriad Gardens is St. Patrick's Day prank in Oklahoma City | News OK

[LuccaBrasi]

Wow. I had assumed the MG did it like they do in Chicago for SPD.

[TAlan CB]

If it is the same stuff used in Chicago, it fades in hours.

EDIT: Didn't really take into account when I posted. Not sure if the dye fades in Chicago due to natural water replenishment or the dye actually wears off?

I've seen several post about how they 'do the same to their rivers'. Plant based dye will do less damage. But, unlike rivers - which will naturally flush and disperse the dye, a pond will not. In the past the Myriad Gardens use to dye the pond blue to kill out the green algae growing in the pond. This happens because the pond is a low point on the grounds and so soil in the air naturally settles in a low spot - supplying the algae with fresh nutrients. Since the there is no natural way to flush the pond, this is how they could control excess algae blooms. The dye only lasted a few weeks and the cycle would start again. Ironically, they could pump water out of the pond and it would naturally refill because it use to be connected to the water table created by the North Canadian River - it was over 10' deep in the deepest part of the pond. When the grounds were redone, a better bottom was put on the pond - and it was made much shallower, now it no longer refills and city water must be pumped in. They were actually surprised this happen.

[Urbanized]

They stated that, but without test results, now do they know it's so?

I suppose it is because they are experts in the matter?

[Garin]

Knee jerk reactions.

[Urbanized]

Meaning MBG saying they would have to drain and re-fill the lake to remove the dye regardless of whether it is toxic or not was a knee-jerk reaction? Because if they are correct it isn't debateable that they will have to spend time getting the Ph right before restoring aquatic life. It has happened previously.

[Spartan]

Obviously they have to run some tests.

[Urbanized]

People. They said regardless of toxicity they will have to drain and refill. Read several posts up for the reasons why, as explained by a former MBG employee.

[Paseofreak]

Water chemistry issues and elimination of chlorine from "City water " are easily resolved within close tolerance based on about $50 of laboratory testing and could be directed by most members of the Storm Water Department with minimal effort. The statements made in the paper regarding the required action were made by an administrator that clearly had no analytical basis for those statements. They don't even know what's in there. The colorant may very possibly just go away through natural processes, or it may not. They don't know. I don't know. They don't know what was put in the water or how it will behave. Based upon how I've experienced the space under current management, expert is not the first word that comes to mind. Again, their predictions may come to pass because that is what they direct, or that may be what is required. I don't know and they don't either.