The Alberta Health Services Blue Green Algae Advisory

is still in place for the Traverse Reservoir.

Residents and their guests are advised to continue to take the following precautions:

* DO NOT DRINK WATER from or allow your pets to drink water from this reservoir.
* DO NOT SWIM OR WADE or allow your pets to swim or wade in thiS reservoir
* AVOID CONTACT with blue-green algae along the shoreline.
* PEOPLE MAY wish to limit their consumption of fish from this reservoir.

The toxins from the Blue Green Algae can cause serious illness to animals and humans who drink or come in contact with water containing the toxins. The advisory will remain in place until further notice from Alberta Health Services.
You can see the full advisory at http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/8896.asp You may also be interested in this story posted by Global News!

Little Bow Resort Drinking Water Samples have been taken by Alberta Environment from the water plant at Little Bow Resort for microcystin, the Blue Green Algae toxin. The results for the waterworks were raw water (0.09 ug/L) and the treated water (0.09 ug/L). The drinking water guideline is less than 1.5 ug/L.
As a result of the testing from last week the drinking water from the Little Bow water plant is safe to drink as it is well within the acceptable guideline for the toxin based on Canadian Drinking Water Standards. Testing will continue this week.

The raw water intake for the plant is out about 25' and at the bottom of the lake. The blue green algae is more of a surface water problem.

Regards,

Warren Lyckman, MBA,CPM(r)
Braemore Management Ltd.