Lake Erie Waterkeeper organization to mark somber milestone of Toledo Water Crisis

On Aug. 4, 2014, toxic algae, properly known as cyanobacteria, caused the city of Toledo to warn more than 400,000 of its water customers not to drink nor touch their treated water.
On the 10th anniversary of what has been termed “The Toledo Water Crisis,” the Lake Erie Waterkeeper organization is hosting an observance of this somber milestone. Elected officials, researchers, agency officials, members of the local press, Lake Erie Waterkeeper members, and other invited guests will board the Jet Express IV ferry at the Toledo Yacht Club for a trip out to the Toledo Water Intake, the source of the city’s raw water.

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