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News Release 17-066
Projected precipitation increases are bad news for water quality
More rainfall would lead to more algae blooms, dead zones
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An extensive algae bloom in Lake Erie in August, 2011 resulted from record-breaking nutrient loads.
Credit: Tom Archer
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A cup of fouled water, scooped from Lake Erie during the 2011 algae bloom.
Credit: Tom Bridgeman
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Fish suffocated in the Lake Erie algae bloom of August,2011.
Credit: Tom Archer
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A Lake Okeechobee algae bloom in the summer of 2016. Water discharge led to more downstream blooms.
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A huge algae bloom happened off the Atlantic coast in August, 2015.
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A large algae bloom off the Pacific Northwest coast occurred in July, 2014.
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