2018 HAB Season Update, July 17 News Conference
The city of Toledo will begin testing the water samples collected daily for microcystin three times a week starting today, Monday, July 9.
The city has advance warning buoys and water quality monitoring sondes placed in Lake Erie. Water samples are collected daily year-round. The samples are tested weekly for microcystin from November to June. The frequency is increased as the harmful algal bloom season approaches. Daily testing begins when lake conditions near the intake crib in Lake Erie warrant and continue until the season is over.
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and Dr. Tom Bridgeman, director of the Lake Erie Center, will hold a news conference at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 17, at the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant to discuss what projects have been completed within the city’s $500 million capital plan since last year; upcoming water plant improvements; preparations for the 2018 harmful algal bloom season; 2018 Lake Erie water quality forecast and monitoring, and an announcement about Toledo’s HAB General Plan.
- WHO: Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and Director of Lake Erie Center Dr. Tom Bridgeman
- WHAT: News Conference
- WHEN: 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 17
- WHERE: Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, 3040 York St., Toledo, Ohio 43605