Bloom and doom in Ontario rivers
Blue-green algae is a very serious, very solvable problem
By Mark Mattson Waterkeeper.ca Weekly August 17 2011
Cyanobacteria in our Lakes and Rivers across Canada and the US (better know as blue-green algae) is a very serious problem. It also a fairly common problem this time of year. Warm, still, stagnant water with too much nutrient will result in blue-green algae. There is a solution: make blue-green algae less common. How do you do this? Enforce environmental laws.
Is it duck weed or something worse?
BY HEIDI RIEDNER Simcoe.com Aug 15, 2011
A die-off of fish and mammals this past weekend in Keswick’s Maskinonge River has one local environmental group blaming blue-green algae and toxins from an abandoned aluminum smelter as the cause and some residents fearing for the safety of their drinking water.
Blue-green algae detected in French River
Sudbury Star August 12 2011
Blue-green algae has been detected in the North Channel of the French River, the Sudbury and District Health Unit announced Friday.
Residents asked to not drink water
MyKawartha.com Aug 11, 2011
BOBCAYGEON — A water-use warning is in effect for a section of Sturgeon Lake, between Sturgeon Point and Bobcaygeon, after the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae.
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