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| Farm runoff fuels green algae blooms in Lake Erie that are visible in satellite images. Photo: NOAA CoastWatch |
Canadian officials Tuesday announced a $16 million investment to understand and control algae in the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes Nutrient Initiative will focus on Lake Erie which is particularly vulnerable to toxic and nuisance algae. That’s a lot of money to address excessive phosphorus discharges from farming and sewers.
Is it enough?
To get a sense of the challenge, last week the Columbus Dispatch reported if 80 percent of the phosphorus that drains into Ohio’s Grand Lake were cut, it still would take 20 to 40 years to clear the water.
Great Lakes Echo
10 Oct 2012
D Poulson
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