| It’s the call no water treatment plant superintendent wants to receive, especially not while on vacation. Andy McClure, Superintendent of Toledo, Ohio’s Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, answered his phone to hear his head of operations report that the level of microcystin in the finished water was high, caused by a large harmful algal bloom (HAB) that was impacting the plant’s Lake Erie intake.Once released into the water, the toxins and T&O compounds are difficult to remove, requiring ozone, ozone-Biologically Activated Carbon (BAC), advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) or adsorption with activated carbon.
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