Posted on 07/28/2015 2:04:16 PM PDT by EBH
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Toledo has put its water quality on "watch" status because of the toxins that shut down Toledo's public drinking-water system for three days a year ago.
The water is safe to drink, city officials said.
Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson said the water was put on watch because microcystin had been detected in the intake crib about three miles out in Lake Erie.
The toxin was not detected in tap water, she said.
"Our water treatment process is effectively removing the microcystin," according to the city's online water-quality dashboard.
"We have an advanced warning system for early detection we did not have in August 2014 with buoys and sondes that allows us to implement operational changes prior to the microcystin reaching the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant," the statement continued.
The toxin microcystin, which can cause liver and kidney damage, is produced by algal blooms, which grow when excessive fertilizer and manure runs off into the water.
(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...
Quelle tristesse!
Down here in Georgia, we drink Dasani.
Ohio ping
holy Toledo!
Just ban farming in Ohio and their fertilizers will not run into the lake and promote algae blooms.
Problem solved!
In other words, a MSM Headline Crisis where none really exists..............Sheesh!
I spat my dirty olive martini...luckily I hit my monitor and missed my keyboard.
I blame global warming...and lack of jobs.
Baraq’s fault!
Apparently last year some overpaid union employee at the water treatment plant was asleep at the switch and did not up the treatment level until it was too late.
My daughter lives in Toledo. This was a major pain in the tookus to the folks there.
Ohio Ping
Thanks Pontiac!
Always have good water stored.
Here is a mistake I made after Hurricane Ike went through my town. Power was off for five days.
The local newspaper printed a paper every day and every residence was thrown a newspaper daily whether the resident had a subscription or not. In that paper, everyday, there was a statement from all public utilities as to the safety of that product.
Due to the city water utility saying, every day, the water was good to drink, I continued to use city water out of the faucet. That was a dumb mistake on my part. About three days into using that water, it dawned on me if the water became polluted between times of printing the paper, I could be drinking polluted water for half a day before I knew it was bad from the paper telling me.
I had plenty of water stored, so I switched to my good water. Don’t make the mistake I did.
Another mistake I made, was from habit. I was preparing a meal, and put peelings, etc., down the garbage disposal, then realized I had no power, and had to reach down into the disposal and get that crud out of there. I put a stopper in that drain so I wouldn’t automatically do that again.
It takes about two days before one stops automatically switching on the light switch when power is out.
If you’re drinking bottled water because you think it’s healthier, you may want to think again. While some brands are purer than others, bottled water can contain pollutants, often at higher levels than tap water, and is not tested as stringently as public water. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates bottled water, 60 percent to 70 percent of all brands are exempt from FDA scrutiny because manufacturers sell water in the same state they bottle it and the FDA governs only those products sold across state lines.
http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/health/how-safe-is-your-drinking-water-20140710
glad no one was injured!
having worked for a number of companies that applied plc’s to water systems, I can appreciate what you are doing/have done.
Yeah. They tell us the quality is pretty good.
This year I don't trust the water quality of Lake Erie or that there won't be insect-related illnesses related to it. From mid June until early July there were several wall-of-water rainbursts. The overflow put a whole lot of pollutants in the Lake and in rivers. I'm not one for believing their spiel when they say the water's safe for the rest of the summer, especially considering this heat spell.
You can’t fool me. Pontiac is in Michigan..
Where I grew up in NW Ohio (somewhere between the Portage and the Sandusky Rivers) we had well water. Didn’t have to drink the stuff pumped out of Lake Erie with the fish strained out and the scum scraped off the top. ;-)
Klinger might try to use it as an excuse to go home.
Had something to do with a transfer by my employer (based at the time in Toledo, now in Morristown, NJ).
I have escaped the socialist wasteland known as New York City for the more conservative areas known as ‘upstate*’. Unfortunately that albatross at the bottom end of the Hudson River politically sinks (and stinks up) the entire state.
I manage to visit ‘home’ periodically since my baby Sister still lives in the city with the Iron Triagle. Last time I visited a fire breathing dragon with a Nickle Plate name on it came through town..
(*Upstate to a NYC denizen is anywhere outside of the five boroughs that is not called Long Island or Westchester.. In my case the Cesspool is about 70 miles away..)
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