Water Damage - Great Lakes Now Full Episode - 1016

Large-scale dairy and animal farms fuel the annual toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie- are regulation loopholes contributing? Record-high water levels are costing lakefront towns millions of dollars, and the Midland dam breach came after years of warning from regulators.

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[acscustoms]

4 years ago everyone was flipped out because the water was low, pointing blame every place. Now it’s to high... the lakes are living and have a natural cycle.

[kloss]

We walled off the lakes from a natural shoreline while pumping in extra nutrients. It is well-known that natural water systems need marshes water plants and a natural shoreline to cleanse the water. We could reduce nutrient outputs but the natural waist still needs mashes and natural shores. Till we give back to the lakes there will be issues.

[TheAgriFan]

Let's not forget municipal wastewater discharge. To quote Michigan Radio/NPR: "From January 2018 through May 2019, 6.7 billion gallons of diluted or partially treated sewage, called combined sewer overflows (CSOs) spilled into Michigan waters.
CSOs are the result of sewer systems that drain both stormwater runoff AND human and industrial waste."

[warnerrobins]

Isn't high water better than having lake drying up? Like in Las Vegas that lake where the dam is lowers every year

[paullasmith]

Why not gather the algea and put it back on the fields as fertilizer? I know. No one has any money for this.

[silversurfer]

Tilling, or more intense tilling can usher crops in faster in place of manure but cost extra fuel or energy which could from wind .