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JUNE 22, 2018 THE FRIDAY FLYER A-5
Warmer water favors Harmful Algae Blooms

With summer approaching, the City gal Blooms can appear as a foam, scum, ducing a smelly odor, or adding a bad vere blooms that occur more often.
of Canyon Lake would like to remind or mat on or just below the surface of taste to the water.
residents that Harmful Algal Blooms the water, and can take on various colors What does HAB need?
(HAB) usually bloom during the warm depending on their pigments. Cyanobac- What Can HAB do?
summer season or when water tempera- teria blooms in freshwater lakes or riv- Harmful Algal Blooms can produce Harmful Algal Blooms need sunlight,
tures are warmer than usual. ers may appear bright green, often with extremely dangerous toxins that can slow-moving water and nutrients (nitro-
Warmer water favors harmful algae surface streaks which look like floating gen and phosphorus).
in a number of ways. Toxins from these paint. Similarly, red tides made up of sicken or kill people and animals, create Unfortunately, it is not possible to tell
blooms can be harmful to people and dinoflagellates also contain photosyn- dead zones in the water, raise treatment if a bloom is harmful from just appear-
pets if they come in contact. Residents thetic pigments that vary in color from costs for drinking water and hurt indus- ances since sampling and microscopic
are reminded to be aware of their sur- green to brown to red. Most blooms oc- tries that depend on clean water. examination is required.
roundings in the water and stay away cur in warm waters that have excessive What causes HAB? The City of Canyon Lake does not
from water that looks green or scummy nutrients. own, control, or maintain Canyon Lake,
and smells bad. What are the effects of HAB? The development and proliferation of which is owned by Elsinore Valley Mu-
Harmful Algal Blooms are a major algal blooms likely result from a com-
environmental problem in all 50 states. The harmful effects from such bination of environmental factors in- nicipal Water District and leased by the
Canyon Lake POA. If you believe you
Harmful Algal Blooms are overgrowths blooms are due to the toxins they pro- cluding available nutrients, temperature,
of algae in water. Some produce danger- duce or from using up oxygen in the wa- sunlight, ecosystem disturbance, hydrol- have come in contact with Harmful Al-
ous toxins in fresh or marine water but ter, which can lead to fish die-offs. Not ogy and the water chemistry. Nutrient gal Blooms, contact the POA at 951-
even nontoxic blooms hurt the environ- all algal blooms are harmful; however, pollution from human activities makes 244-6841 or Elsinore Valley Municipal
ment and local economies. Harmful Al- with some only discoloring water, pro- the problem worse, leading to more se- Water District at 951-674-3146.

City moves to three-person engine company

At its June 6 meeting, the Canyon “The city council is working diligent-
Lake City Council approved funds to ly on a solution to our spiraling costs of
pay for fire services with Riverside fire services,” said Canyon Lake Mayor The city’s new
County Fire, which goes into effect July Vicki Warren. “Throughout Califor- fire services
1. nia and indeed our very own Riverside contract with the
The city’s current fire services con- County, the struggle to maintain an ap- County of Riv-
tract with the county for Fiscal Year propriate level of services is harder and erside includes
2017/2018 costs $1,436,000 for a two- harder as the costs continue to rise. This moving from a
person engine company with paramedic one-year extension of the Cal Fire con- two-person en-
service out of Fire Station 60. tract was and is necessary to maintain gine company to
The new fire services contract for Fis- vital fire services while we continue to a three-person
cal Year 2018/2019 comes at a cost of explore every possible solution for our engine compa-
$2,204,550. The new contract includes future needs. The necessity of these ser- ny. Paramedic
moving from a two-person engine com- vices was never more evident than last PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE services will still
pany to a three-person engine company. week with the Wrangler fire and we will be provided.
Paramedic services will still be provid- continue to fight hard for the safety of
ed. our citizens.”

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