Toxin in Lake Erie puts Toledo drinking water on 'watch'

[OhioChick]

Source: Cleveland.com



July 28, 2015 at 2:07 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Toledo has put its water quality on "watch" status because of the toxins that shut down Toledo's public drinking-water system for three days a year ago.

The water is safe to drink, city officials said.

Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson said the water was put on watch because microcystin had been detected in the intake crib about three miles out in Lake Erie.

The toxin was not detected in tap water, she said.

Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/toxin_in_lake_erie_puts_toledo.html#incart_2box

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From last year:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014862143

[BlueJazz]

1. Sweet Jesus! Is THAT the sample?

[quizzle]

2. right above the "sample" is a nuke plant

[d_legendary1]

3. Why is the guy on the right smiling?

And is the guy with the fishing pole looking for three-eyed fish?

[Warpy]

4. It's a toxin in blue-green algae

It's not surprising to find it in surface water. At least it hasn't gotten past the water treatment plants.

[BlueEye]

5. Go ahead and Drink it, Portman!

That is Ohio's Republican Senator, for those unaware.

Also, as one other poster pointed out, in the background in the photo is the historically problematic Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant. That thing has leaks all the time. Fortunately I don't believe it's connected to Lake Erie's problems, which are apparently agriculturally induced.