Adrian, MI – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted a smaller-than-average algal bloom this year on Lake Erie.
The Michigan Department of Great Lakes and Energy says that Lake Erie’s blooms typically emerge in late summer and can persist into fall.
Each summer since the 1990s, communities in the Western Lake Erie Basin watch and wait to see if another toxic algal bloom will contaminate their drinking water, harm aquatic life, and put a damper on recreation.
Runoff of nutrient-rich water fuels these seasonal blooms of blue-green algae.
A bloom in 2019 was among the most severe and toxic since monitoring began in the early 2000s: It coated around 620 square miles of Lake Erie’s surface waters.
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