According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an algae bloom this year at Lake Erie could be much worse than others recently. Worse than last year’s, which shut down Toledo’s public water system for two days. Last year, it was so bad that people who depend on that water source couldn’t drink it, bathe with it, or use it even if it was boiled. According to the experts, this year they expect the bloom to develop from west to east in the Lake Erie Western Basin, and they say it is likely to start to show up sometime this month. The algae bloom back in 2011 was the largest on record… a 10 on the scale of severity. This summer’s bloom could top out, according to forecasters, as high as 9.5. As bad as it was last summer, it was only rated at 6.5, so use that as a comparison if you will.
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