“Keep your pets away from the lake,” canine’s proprietor says.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A boater heads into Utah Lake from Lincoln Beach in 2021. Toxic algal blooms can typically kind on the lake with the Utah County Health Department issuing well being advisories for recreators being suggested to not swim, waterski, boat or let their pets close to the water.
By Nichole Whiteley | Daily Herald
One canine belonging to a household from Springville died after walking alongside the shoreline on Sandy Beach at Utah Lake on Saturday, emphasizing the hazard posed by poisonous algae within the water.
The entirety of Utah Lake has been beneath a warning advisory for dangerous algal blooms, or HABS, since Aug. 15 after a well being watch was issued for the lake on Aug. 10. This summer time, there have been numerous warning advisories for various components of Utah Lake, nevertheless it now applies to all areas of the water.
This is the primary canine to die this summer time with the suspicion that the HABS in Utah Lake have been the trigger. But Ashley Sumner, director of communications for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, stated the investigation on the reason for the canine’s dying remains to be ongoing. No different animals or people have been reportedly contaminated by the algae.
The Utah County Health Department stated indicators have been posted in 2019 round frequent entry factors of the lake that educate recreationists about HABS. The indicators are up to date so as to add a warning or hazard signal relying on the present security of the water and situation of the HABS. In addition to the indicators, Sumner stated the DEQ recommends checking the water quality on its website earlier than recreating in any physique of water.
The present warning advisory for Utah Lake advises recreators, “Do not swim or water ski, avoid areas of algae when boating, clean fish well and discard guts, keep animals away, don’t drink the water and know how to recognize a harmful algal bloom.” More tips can be found on the DEQ web site.
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