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Algae blooms becoming more intense, lasting longer in QuAppelle Valley lakes Thursday, May 27th 2021, 2:52 pm - Were going to get hit with some wicked ... algae if we dont start building policies, advocate says First Nations leaders, community activists and university scientists say theyre growing increasingly worried about the QuAppelle Valley chain of lakes, with water quality sometimes dipping below recreational use standards and toxic algae blooms increasing in severity. "Were going to get ...

"We do know that those blooms … are starting earlier. Theyre becoming more intense and theyre lasting longer," Leavitt said, citing atmospheric warming as a leading cause. Leavitt published a paper last year that found toxins were present in the QuAppelle lakes during more days of the summer than 15 years earlier. Toxin levels in the lakes, at times, were above recreational advisory levels, his paper said. Blue-green algae looks like scum, fuzz or grass clippings on the surface of water.(B...