Lake Tahoe Treatment Techniques Could Save Guatemalan Lake From Deadly Algae

Photo by Ellen Levy Lake Atitlan is nestled in the tropical highlands of Guatemala but even with such an exotic location and history of breath-taking beauty, the lake is earning awards not as “most desired retreat” but as the Global Nature Fund’s “Threatened Lake of the Year.” The water is contaminated with waste water and watershed runoff, spurring algae growth and the boom of bacterias like Escherichia coli and Giardia. So, a team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, DRI, Arizona State University and University of California, Davis went on … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Lake Tahoe Treatment Techniques Could Save Guatemalan Lake From Deadly Algae