Algae blooms happen when water levels are lower, there are higher levels of nutrients like phosphorus, and the water doesn’t circulate well.
Algae blooms happen when water levels are lower, there are higher levels of nutrients like phosphorus, and the water doesn’t circulate well.
High levels of cyanobacteria have cause the Division of Environmental Protection to raise the HAB Advisory to an HAB Warning for the Lahontan Reservoir.
As summer arrives, officials are monitoring Lake Tahoe for harmful algal blooms that can threaten public and animal health.
People and pets should avoid direct contact with the water for the next two months until the algae bloom clears up.
Recently, there has been a growing concern about harmful algal blooms in a number of local lakes and ponds.
The two agencies say the samples will support "the ongoing investigation of a death of a dog in the area."
Officials say that hazardous conditions are possible and present at multiple Nevada State Parks.
Officials say that hazardous conditions are possible or present in the lake.
This past April, startling areas of the north and west shoreline were covered in slimy attached algae.