Harmful algal blooms cause problems in Lake Erie; drinking water customers pay the price

Michigan Radio | By Lester Graham Published May 23, 2022 at 10:22 PM EDT   An environmental group calculated how much Toledo residents and others pay for drinking water because of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Cyanobacterial blooms can produce … Continue Reading…

Michigan issues Lake Erie watershed plan to curb harmful algal blooms

David Panian, The Daily Telegram ADRIAN — State officials last month released a management plan for improving Lake Erie water quality, but environmental groups say the plan is flawed. The adaptive management plan is part of efforts in Michigan, Ohio … Continue Reading…

Ohio EPA agrees to TMDL for western Lake Erie – Toledo Blade

The state of Ohio appears ready to institute something environmental groups have been clamoring for since Toledo’s 2014 algae-driven water crisis: a Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, for western Lake Erie. TMDLs are so-called “pollution diets” for ecosystems. They are designed to … Continue Reading…

U.S.- CANADA Board: The Great Lakes Have a Manure Problem

The Center for Public Integrity – Jamie Smith Hopkins, Environment Editor and Senior Reporter “It is a profound injustice that the citizens of Toledo have had to clean up a mess that other people have made,” Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said in … Continue Reading…

Lake Erie Turns Toxic Every Summer. Voluntary Approach Total Failure

The Center for Public Integrity – Jamie Smith Hopkins, Environment Editor and Senior Reporter OREGON, Ohio — It was sunny and 82 degrees, a perfect August day for a trip to the public beach just outside Toledo. But hardly anyone was here. … Continue Reading…