Threat to Drinking Water of 400,000 in Ohio Linked to Chemical Runoff from Fertilizers
On Aug. 2, residents of Toledo, Ohio, a massive algal bloom on Lake Erie rendered water in the Toledo, Ohio area undrinkable for two days. But what caused the algal bloom?
Residents of Toledo, Ohio, woke up to a sobering warning on August 2: Don’t drink the water. Chemists testing water at Toledo’s Collins Park Water Treatment Plant had two sample readings for microcystin in excess of the recommended “do not drink” level of 1 microgram per liter. The notice applied to all customers of Toledo water.
