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2. Wake Forest pond closed after sewer leak causes toxic algae bloom

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   The Town of Wake Forest closed access to Joyner Park Pond on Friday after detecting a dangerous red algae bloom. In a news release, the town’s public affairs director said that an investigation ...

3. Algaecide - Wikipedia

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   Barley straw, in England, is placed in mesh bags and floated in fish ponds or water gardens to help reduce algal growth without harming pond plants and animals. Barley straw has not been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use as a pesticide and its effectiveness as an algaecide in ponds has produced mixed results during university testing in the United ...

4. Harmful algal bloom - Wikipedia

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   Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom on Lake Erie (United States) in 2009. These kinds of algae can cause harmful algal bloom. A harmful algal bloom (HAB), or excessive algae growth, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms by production of natural algae-produced toxins, water deoxygenation, mechanical damage to other organisms, or by other means.

5. Facultative lagoon - Wikipedia

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   Facultative lagoon (polishing pond) providing tertiary treatment after a constructed wetland in Hamburg-Allermöhe, Germany. Overflow from the facultative lagoon may be routed through one or more polishing ponds supporting lower populations of anaerobic micro-organisms and a higher proportion of aerobic organisms adapted to survival in lower concentrations of organic material.

6. Black sludge, invasive seaweed, toxic algae: Cape Cod pond ...

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   According to the organization, the 139 ponds that had enough data represent just 16 percent of the Cape's 890 freshwater ponds, "indicating that there is an ongoing shortage of recent water ...

7. Eutrophication - Wikipedia

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   The growth of dense algae in surface waters can shade the deeper water and reduce the viability of benthic shelter plants with resultant impacts on the wider ecosystem. [24] [49] Eutrophication also decreases the value of rivers, lakes and aesthetic enjoyment. Health problems can occur where eutrophic conditions interfere with drinking water ...