Cyanobacteria toxins at levels harmful to adults, children and pets were identified, on September 2, in water samples taken on the south shore of Webber Pond. These are the first persistent scums that have been reported this year.
If you see scums, please keep people and pets out of the water, particularly if there are brown lines in the scums. If anyone gets in the water, please have them shower ASAP and rinse off any pets that get in the water, since they may lick toxins off their hair.
Please let us know about any scums you see by a post to the WPA Facebook page, a private message, or an email, so that we can take a water sample and test for toxins. Let us know the location/address of the scums. If they are by your property, please give us permission to access the water from your dock or land to take a water sample.
Submitted by Susan Traylor, chairman of the water quality committee for the Webber Pond Association.
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Cyanobacteria toxins at levels harmful to adults, children and pets were identified, on September 2, in water samples taken on the south shore of Webber Pond. These are the first persistent scums that have been reported this year.
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