House Pushes Through With Bill To Combat Toxic Algae Contaminated Drinking Water

By Sumit Passary, Tech Times

The House of Representatives has approved a bill to combat toxins in the Great Lakes. In August 2014, an algal bloom in Lake Erie left thousands of people without drinking water for a few days.

The House of Representatives has approved a bill to fight the toxic algae contamination of drinking water.

BGSU bringing research center to Sandusky water plant

Partnership aims to allow students to study Lake Erie at Big Island Water Works

Concern about toxic algae in Lake Erie supersedes party in House vote

Senate is also expected to find bipartisan agreement on the Drinking Water Protection Act
by WKSU’s M.L. SCHULTZE

Climate change to raise temps on Oneida Lake by 6 degrees by 2099, Cornell study finds

By: JEFF STEIN

Ithaca, N.Y. — A new study out this week finds that temperatures on Central New York’s Oneida Lake are likely to rise by 6 degrees by the next century because of climate change.

US House approves bill to step up fight against toxic algae

By John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Members of Congress have called for more aggressive federal action to prevent toxic algae from contaminating the Great Lakes and other waterways around the nation, such as an outbreak on Lake Erie last summer that left more than 400,000 people without safe tap water for two days.

‘Blue-green algae’ proliferating in lakes

The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe over the past two centuries – and in many cases the rate of increase has sharply accelerated since the mid-20th century, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists at McGill University.

Fighting invasive species in Michigan’s lakes

By Kim Broekhuizen

Everyone knows that clean water is important. But for the state of Michigan, surrounded on three sides by the Great Lakes, it is absolutely essential—to the economy and the environment.

Speakers at Legislative Breakfast in Mentor look at federal, state, county issues

By John Arthur Hutchison, The News-Herald

Proposed federal and state legislation, along with the upcoming state budget, were among the dominant topics discussed Feb. 23 at the 20th annual Legislative Breakfast in Mentor.

GRCA officials eager to get going on Great Lakes protection efforts

Cambridge Times
By Ray Martin

WATERLOO REGION – The Ontario government wants to ensure the water of the Great Lakes is drinkable, swimmable and fishable for future generations.

Eco Talk: Making the most out of algal blooms

This photo — previously provided by the Cayuga County Health Department — captures a shot of blue-green algae.

February 19, 2015 3:30 pm  •  Sheila Saia | Special to The Citizen

In the last several years, national stories about the impacts of blue-green algae on water quality have made their way into the news. For example, you may remember the harmful bloom in Lake Erie last August that closed the water supply of Toledo, Ohio, or the bloom in the Gulf of Mexico in 2000 that cost the Texas oyster industry nearly $10 million. More locally, there has been talk about blue-green algae in Owasco Lake. But what are blue-green algae? And what do these organisms’ presence mean for our local water bodies?