Niagara Region taking proactive steps to protect drinking water from blue-green algae
- Niagara Region is taking proactive steps to protect Niagara’s drinking water after identifying a small quantity of blue-green algae upstream in the reservoirs serving the DeCew Falls Water Treatment Plant.
- Microcystin, the neurotoxin released by blue-green algae, has not been detected during daily testing of the water leaving the Decew Falls Water Treatment Plant over the last few days.
- Therefore, there is no risk to human health at this time.
- The blue green algae is being removed to minimize the risk of it multiplying.
