Despite the worst recorded algal bloom in Lake Erie this past summer, the City of Toledo drinking water system did not experience toxic microcystin like that which plagued the utility a year ago.But if it had, Toledo’s Division of Water Treatment would have been ready. Fully committed to preventing a recurrence, the utility worked with Ohio EPA and other parties to expand monitoring of the lake water, develop preventive methods at the intake and treatment plant systems, and bolster communications to outside communities and citizens.“We planned so we would be better prepared if an algal bloom was brought into our
