Toxic algal blooms threaten Canadian and American drinking water

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Toxic algal blooms threaten Canadian and American drinking water, but scientists are developing a way to protect against the harmful slime.

Dangerous, slimy mats of blue-green algae are plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes across North America, not only interfering with ecosystems and recreational activities, but also complicating municipal water treatment processes.

Blue-green algae are microscopic bacteria found in freshwater, also called cyanobacteria. When certain types of cyanobacteria multiply under the right conditions, they can form thick toxin-producing scum.
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Some scientists also link the increase of HABs to the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels in the Great Lakes. These filter-feeding mussels eat good algae and release blue-green algae back into the water intact.

Mussels which of course entered the upper Great Lakes system via Ontario's Welland Canal.

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