Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title	Freshwater Algae Control Program: Report to the Washington State Legislature (2006-2007)
Month-Year Published	December 2007
Online Availability	View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 1148 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software get Acrobat Reader
Short Description	In 2005, the Washington State Legislature established funding for a Freshwater Algae Control Program and tasked Ecology with program development and implementation. The Freshwater Algae Control Program Report covers the first two years of the Program and provides information about each program element. These elements include: Toxicity testing for blue-green algae blooms. A mail-in service for identification of algal blooms in Washington waters. A web-based database to post algal identification and toxicity testing results. Algae alerts when a local health jurisdiction decides to close a lake to recreation. A partnership with Washington Department of Heath (DOH) for the development of statewide guidelines for toxic algae blooms. This includes guidance to local health jurisdictions about how to react to toxic algae blooms. Ecology and DOH websites with information about freshwater algae, management methods, and human and pet health risks of toxic blue-green algae. A small grants program to fund freshwater algae control projects.
Publication Number	07-10-093
Author(s)	Kathy Hamel
Print Availability	Not available as a printed document Please use your personal computer to print this 11-page document. Thank you.
Number of pages	11
Keywords	algae control, freshwater, grant, lake, legislative report, legislature, report , toxic, toxicity, water

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