Courtesy: AHS
Alberta Health Services- Health Advisory
November 3, 2022
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom, water quality advisories lifted in North Zone
NORTH ZONE – Recent weather has cooled lake and reservoir water temperatures to such an extent that blue-green algae is no longer a health concern, including in 29 water bodies in North Zone, which had previously been placed under blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom advisories.
Effective immediately, Alberta Health Services has lifted the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom advisories for:
- Baptiste Lake
- Bear Lake
- Bonnie Lake
- Elinor Lake
- Floatingstone Lake
- Freeman Lake
- Garner Lake
- Half Moon Lake
- Hutch Lake
- Isle Lake
- Lac La Biche Lake
- Lac La Nonne
- Lac Ste. Anne
- Laurier Lake
- Lessard Lake
- Lesser Slave Lake
- Long Lake
- Lower Therien Lake
- Mons Lake
- Moonshine Lake
- Moose Lake
- Paddle River Dam Reservoir
- Saskatoon Lake
- Skeleton Lake
- Steele Lake
- Stoney Lake
- Sturgeon Lake
- Thunder Lake
- Winagami Lake
AHS has also lifted the water quality advisories for:
- Camper’s Beach at Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park on Lac La Biche
- Iosegun Lake Provincial Recreation Area
As always, visitors and residents are reminded to never drink or cook with untreated water directly from any recreational body of water, at any time.
Keith Hopper, Trending 55
