algae bloom

[eriecaster]

Below are a couple links about Grand Lake St Marys they have been battling this for years and no results. If you look at it from google earth the lake is bright green. I hope this isn't in the future for Erie.

http://www.nbc4i.com/story/25590532/...-lake-st-marys

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...ing-again.html

[wakina]

Here is a quote from the following link to a web page. The canal system they are talking about is the Miami & Erie Canal. This page has a brief but direct history about Grand Lake St. Marys as well as the city of St. Marys. I bring this up because Grand Lake St. Marys currently is nothing less than a cesspool,(please Google it.) one which empties part of its overflow into the Maumee River Water Shed and eventually into Lake Erie. To the best of my knowledge both spillways are still functional.

"Grand Lake St. Marys is a part of the divide between the north and south waterways of the canal. Water flowing out of the canal to the east went eventually to Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes, while water flowing south and west found its way into streams and rivers (the Ohio River, for one) that are a part of the Mississippi River system."

http://www.stmarysdevelops.com/life-in-st-marys/history

[wakina]

Here is some info on the Maumee River Water Shed for those who would like to learn more. As you will be able to see by the maps there is a very complex and integrated set of problems involved in cleaning up the water shed.

http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/aoc/maumee/index.html

http://uppermaumeewatershed.com/about-us.html

http://www.mrbplg.org/maps.html