Is it safe for your dog to swim in Austin? A city environmental scientist talks toxic algae forecast and mitigation.
, meant to bury phosphorus and prevent it from contributing to algae production. That study has produced varying results, in places with varying sediment chemistry, possibly due to weather, says Bellinger: After August rains last year, PhosLock results at Festival Beach"were not what we had hoped for," but at Red Bud Isle, even without any applications of PhosLock over the dry winter of 2021, phosphorus remained pretty static.
. Could algae migrate over to Barton? After testing, Bellinger's team did find trace amounts of the toxin in the water, but well below the World Health Organization's recreational standards. This year, he says, they'll start monitoring a little earlier, to get a jump on collaborations with the Lower Colorado River Authority and the U.S. Geological Survey in studying the dynamics of the algal blooms.
This year's testing should yield preliminary results next month. In the meantime, Bellinger says,"There's no reason to avoid every single place around Austin out of fear. Most of the algae that's out there is benign, it's nontoxic. If there's no bad smells, you don't see any scums or sheens on the water, your risk is lower than a comparable spot that is stagnant, it's got a funky aroma – those would be places to avoid.
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