Lake Champlain drinking water systems begin testing for toxins related to blue-green algae

Lake Champlain water systems tested for cyanotoxins

Drinking water at 22 purification plants in Vermont along Lake Champlain began testing for the toxins occasionally released by cyanobacteria, or “blue-green algae,” according to a news release on Tuesday from the Department of Health.

Lake Champlain is the source of drinking water for about 150,000 Vermonters.

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