Infographic: Toxic Algae in Ohio Drinking Water Sources

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Algae toxins have been found in seven lakes, reservoirs, and rivers that supply drinking water to 1 million people.

Seven Ohio Drinking Water Sources Don’t Meet State Water Quality Standards for Toxic Algae

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Lack of testing requirements inhibits more thorough review of…
Where the Maumee River feeds into Lake Erie, the city of Toledo relies on the lake to supply drinking water for half a million residents in northern Ohio. Intense algal blooms, which can release toxins capable of causing severe liver damage, caused a neighboring Ohio community water treatment plant to shut down in September.

Ohio Lawmakers Discuss Ways to Stop Lake Erie’s Toxic Algal Blooms

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Explore options from stricter fertilizer regulations to funding…

Lake Erie Algae Blooms Prompt New International Targets for Phosphorus

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Current targets not enough to stop algal toxins. Image…

Lake Erie Utilities and Organizations React to Algae Toxins in Drinking Water

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Toledo crisis prompts calls for action, purchases of testing…

Toledo Residents Told Water Is Safe

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Toxin is below detectable levels in region’s drinking water Image…

Toledo Issues Emergency ‘Do Not Drink Water’ Warning to Residents

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Algae toxins poison Lake Erie; 400,000 people without water. Photo…

EPA’s Proposed Veto of Alaska’s Pebble Mine in Line with Past Uses of Clean Water Act

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Legal experts say process should provide certainty, not worry,…

Oil Rupture in Line 5 Pipeline in Mackinac Straits Would Be A Mammoth Mess

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University of Michigan study provides online video scenarios…

Big Toxic Algal Bloom Again in Forecast for Lake Erie

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Lake continues trend of harmful and unsightly effect of nutrient…

Cause of Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms Gains More Certainty

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New research finds that agricultural practices lead to biggest…
Toxic Algae

Joint U.S.-Canada Agency Calls for Big Phosphorus Reductions in Lake Erie

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Curbing harmful algal blooms and oxygen-deprived dead zones in…