Green slime in water

[crunchie]

Hello y'all, hope you're having a great summer.  Just wondering if any others have seen some green slime in the water on the shores?  Have you spoken to anyone about what this may be?

[puckster_guy]

No, nothing like that at my end of the lake thank God. I'll keep an eye open for it tho.

[smitty55]

Algae bloom perhaps, not a good sign. Usually associated with hot still water and excessive fertilizers entering the water systems, which seems unusual for Kipawa waters.

Cheers

[limacharley]

Could it be pollen in the water? Lots of stuff is blooming right now.

[crunchie]

Just to let the board know that I sent some pictures to OBVT on the advice of the Lake Kipawa health center and other organizations.  OBVT is a federal water quality committee, I'll try and keep everybody informed.

[crunchie]

I apologize for not getting back sooner.  I was told by the authorities that from what they saw form my pictures is not toxic.  They claimed that this algae is a result of the higher than normal water temperature that we experienced this pas summer.

[SgtCrabby]

It does look like my summer water, so it's probably just temp related. 

Our local water goes above 90f (32c ?) and the algae doesn't hurt anything.