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Blue-Green Algae In Wisconsin Waters Frequently Asked Questions 2025

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The document provides comprehensive information about blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) in Wisconsin waters, detailing their characteristics, growth conditions, potential health risks to humans and animals, and concerns related to drinking water and recreational activities. It outlines the effects of blue-green algae blooms, including toxin production and environmental impacts, while offering guidelines for public safety and measures to reduce future blooms. The document emphasizes the importance of community involvement in managing nutrient runoff to mitigate the frequency and intensity of these harmful algal blooms.

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Begin by reviewing the introduction section, which provides essential background on blue-green algae and its significance in Wisconsin waters.
Navigate through the sections addressing potential effects on humans and animals. Fill out any relevant fields regarding personal experiences or observations related to blue-green algae exposure.
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What happens if you drink water with blue-green algae?

Exposure to high levels of blue-green algae and their toxins can cause diarrhea, nausea or vomiting; skin, eye or throat irritation; and allergic reactions or breathing difficulties. Pet and livestock illness/deaths can happen if animals consume large amounts of water containing blooms, scums or benthic mats.

How do I know if my water has blue-green algae?

Blue-green algal blooms are often described as looking like pea soup or spilled green paint. However, blooms arent always large and dense and can sometimes cover small portions of the lake with little visible algae present. Blooms can also produce a swampy odor when the cells break down.

What happens if you swim in water with blue-green algae?

Exposure to blue-green algae during swimming, wading, and water-skiing can lead to rashes, skin, eye irritation, and effects such as nausea, stomach aches, and tingling in fingers and toes.

What are the symptoms of blue-green algae in water?

Contact with affected water can cause skin irritation, mild respiratory effects and hayfever-like symptoms. Ingesting toxins can also cause gastroenteritis symptoms, such as vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and headaches. Toxins can also have an effect on the liver and the nervous system.

How long does it take to get rid of blue-green algae in a lake?

Cyanobacteria cannot maintain an abnormally high population for long and will rapidly die and disappear after 1-2 weeks. If conditions remain favorable, another bloom can replace the previous one in such a way that it may appear as if one continuous bloom occurs for up to several months.

How long does it take for blue-green algae to make you sick?

Symptoms of acute cyanobacterial poisoning may develop within minutes, hours, or days, but most commonly manifest within 24 hours of exposure. Skin rashes may take up to two days to appear.

What temperature kills blue-green algae?

When incubated in the light under 100% oxygen, wild-type blue-green algae (Anacystis nidulans, Synechococcus cedrorum) die out rapidly at temperatures of 4 to 15 C, and at 35 C (or at 26 C in the case of S. cedrorum) in the absence of CO(2). Photosynthesis is impaired in these cells long before they die.

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