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According to testing of water samples, recent blooms have not been toxic. 8:00 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 ×
Liter bottles contain water samples collected by the Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District on July 19 from Worthington s Lake Okabena. (Special to The Globe)
WORTHINGTON After two years of nearly pristine waters, Lake Okabena has once again taken on a blue-green hue this month. The colorful algae blooms have been prominent on lakes across Minnesota this summer.
Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District Administrator Dan Livdahl said the algae growth can be blamed on a couple of things a severe drought that has caused lake levels to drop, and rising summer temperatures that are, this week, slated to reach triple digits.