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Low algal toxin level on Horse Lake

Blue algae bloom appears to have dissipated on local lake
Ken Alexander
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Interior Health Environmental (IH) Health officer Diana Tesic-Nagalingam conducted water tests at Skaday Bridge at Horse Lake on Aug. 17 to determine the algal toxin levels from the blue-green algae bloom

Interior Health (IH) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE) are continuing to monitor the presence of blue-green algae on Horse Lake, south-east of 100 Mile House.

Results are in from the Aug. 17 testing, which was done by IH Environmental Health officer Diana Tesic-Nagalingam, and they confirmed the presence of very low levels of algal toxin.

Read the rest of the story in the Aug. 27 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.