Kansas Health and Environment officials are recommending alternative ways for municipal water operators to treat toxic blue-green algae blooms that have troubled state lakes for nearly 10 years.
Department officials say they also offer a program to subsidize water quality tests searching for toxins caused by cyanobacteria. Blue Green algae warnings have been issued for several lakes in the state. But, all ponds and lakes can have the blooms and need to be tested. Blooms in municipal water plants are a new development.
