Water authority surpasses phosphorus reduction goals

摘要

A Detroit-based drinking water and wastewater treatment service provider says it has surpassed a federal andstate regulators' goal for cutting phosphorus levels.The Great Lakes Water Authority says it has reduced levels by 60% - ahead of a 2025 state goal to cut them by40%. Phosphorus levels have been reduced in treated and discharged waters from the authority's WaterResource Recovery Facility.Phosphorus runoff from agriculture fertilizer is largely responsible for massive algae blooms that turn water inparts of western Lake Erie into a pea soup color. The blooms also are the cause of tainted drinking water, fishkills and beach closures.