Algae bloom toxin in NW Ohio drinking water - Don't drink or touch water [View all]

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Last edited Sat Aug 2, 2014, 04:20 PM - Edit history (6)

We've had issues with algae bloom on Lake Erie in the past. Our sewage also dumps into the same area where we get our drinking water. We have a reverse osmosis filtering system in our house.

So...no water to be bought within 100 miles, a million people without water. No official word from the City or County except don't use it for anything.

There are near riots at stores, price gouging, etc. Restaurants are closed.

We live near one of the largest fresh water lakes on the planet and we've poisoned it.

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/08/02/City-of-Toledo-issues-do-no-drink-water-advisery.html

Update 11AM: Ok to bathe, level not high enough to cause harm to healthy adults - babies, children or compromised immune people should not.

The NATIONAL GUARD is at the building where the Mayor, health and water officials are meeting. Hmm...worried, are they? This was reported by one of the local news stations.

Update 11:45AM: Gov. Kasich calling in National Guard for public safety. Under a State of Emergency. An Entity (don't know) in Akron sending water. Water distribution from across the state will be on the way here sometime today, to distribute 1 case of water per family at local schools.

Update 12:15PM: Mayor says no idea how long it will go on...we need a strong SW wind to blow the algae into the middle of the lake. Hot, humid weather will compound the issue. (Maybe no drinking water until Fall???) Lake Erie's shore near Toledo has the warmest temps in the summer than anywhere else on the lake.

Update 4:15PM: Officials standing around with their hands in their pockets waiting for lab results expected about 3 hours from now. The kindness of strangers...people coming down from Michigan with U-Hauls full of bottled water, on their dime. People coming from Lima, Ohio with carloads full of water, on their dime too. 60 people in the ER with gastro issues from drinking the water before finding out it was toxic. Could have been more.