Ohio moves forward with strategy to combat Lake Eries algae
Source: Associated Press
TUESDAY, FEB 14, 2017 01:00 PM EST
JOHN SEEWER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s blueprint for combating the algae in Lake Erie that has become a threat to drinking water calls for targeting specific watersheds and developing a monitoring network within the next year.
The strategy — first released last May and finalized just this past week — outlines how Ohio plans to reach its goal of sharply cutting the phosphorus runoff feeding the algae.
The algae blooms in recent years have contaminated drinking water supplies, turned the waters an unsightly shade of green and contributed to oxygen-deprived dead zones where fish can’t survive.
Ohio along with Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario signed a deal in 2015 to make a 40 percent reduction over the next decade.
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Why don't they just dump coal sludge into the lake...maybe that will help
