Signs have been posted alerting the public to an algae bloom with possible toxic effects on the south branch of the Slippery Rock Creek.
Pennsylvania Game Commission Northwest Region information education supervisor Chip Brunst said he was informed of the situation by a land supervisor who also reported there were some dead fish downstream from the dam, but not in Glades Lake near Moniteau schools.
“It looks like green scum that rides on the surface of the water or just under the water surface,” Brunst said Monday.
Areas most affected are by the water’s edge and near the dam.
Normally, moving water does not allow algae growth to the extent that the toxic bacteria could collect but the temperature of the stagnant lake water- combined with the recent lack of substantial rain-has created the conditions necessary.
“Avoid the water altogether– don’t swim and don’t let your dogs in the water. Especially avoid that algae,” he said.
Brunst says this is not a unique or rare situation.
“It happens periodically,” he said.
The game commission does not take any action to treat this algae bloom or ones like it since it would cost too much and some water movement or rain will be able to take care of it naturally.
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