Tag: Lake Erie algae

Guest Post: Focus on Phosphorus Control to Improve Water Quality

Posted on December 28, 2016

As the year winds to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the the CFL’s most popular blog posts from 2016. Here’s one published on August 16th by CFL director, Steve Carpenter, on controlling phosphorus for clean water results. by Steve Carpenter Summer is the season for unsightly and toxic blooms in …

Toxic Algae, Drinking Water and Why Madison Won’t Be Toledo

Posted on August 4, 2014

In case you missed the news the last couple of days, around 400,000 residents of the city of Toledo, Ohio were advised to completely avoid the city’s drinking water thanks to a bloom of a cyanobacteria (often called blue-green algae) called microcystis. The bloom occurred in Lake Erie, where Toledo gets its water supply. Microcystis …