[Kartographer]

Some good general information on water prepping.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[molson209]

Just think of how much Evil CO2 the algae is sucking

[cripplecreek]

Step 1. Have a well.

[easternsky]

This was last week I thought they got a all clear?

[virgil283]

thanks kart

"What about filters? Even filters such as Berkey filters have their limitations. They are capable of filtering pathogens and microorganisms, but getting rid of a cyanotoxins is a different story."

What I understand, its only water from Lake Erie via the city system. so lake or pond water thru your Berkey filter would be safe. (there is a way to use only the Berkey filter elment and make your own system with 5 gal buckets...'V')

[wastedyears]

Obama is more concerned with making Israel surrender.

[PATRIOT1876]

Wormwood.

“The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.”

Coming soon to a God-hating world near you.

[Vendome]

Buy a couple bathtub bladders rent a truck, go to the next county and fill em up.

Make sure it’s a full sized truck.

You’ll be carrying almost 1,000 pounds.

If you can get a duely fill four bags.

[Thunder90]

You can still distill the water.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Systems are being devised to filter such water for microcystin, showing promising results. A combination of charcoal and membranes.

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/microtox.htm

[Kartographer]

Advisories and warnings are usually issued and signposted at the affected waterways if toxins are detected and exceed allowable limits. Advisories will alert you to the severity of the bloom and will be updated regularly as to if the water should be avoided or is safe. Here are the usual precautions to follow if toxic blue-green algae is detected: Avoid using the water. This means avoid swimming, bathing, or showering and do not allow children, pets, or livestock to drink or swim in the water.
 Avoid drinking the water. The toxins cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating the water with camping-style filters. Boiling the water may in fact release more toxins into the water. Avoid cooking with the water because food may absorb toxins from the water during cooking. Exercise caution with respect to eating fish caught in water where blue-green algal blooms occur. You should not eat the liver, kidneys, and other organs of fish caught in the water.
 Do not treat the water with a disinfectant like bleach. This may break open algae cells and release toxins into the water. http://www.dogheirs.com/dogheirs/posts/306-blue-green-algae-cyanobacteria-and-how-it-can-harm-your-dog

[Steven Tyler]

Anyone have experience with UV water purifiers?
I bought a Steripen brand that works via hand crank. The unit is sitting on a shelf, just in case!

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for posting this.

[firebrand]

I just saw a picture of this “water” on Facebook. Those algae are sick!

[Buckeye McFrog]

This emergency was over by late Monday.

Every year algae blooms on Lake Erie cause problems for municipal water systems. They have to adjust their chemistry to keep algae-produced toxins out of the water supply.

Apparently on Saturday whoever was running the Toledo Municipal Water Plant was asleep at the switch.

[Bellflower]

What about the PF-2 Berkey fluoride/arsenic filters? http://www.amazon.com/Berkey-PF-2-Fluoride-Arsenic-Replacement/dp/B00BWIWYBW