Cyanobacteria Causes Multiple Lake Winnipesaukee Warnings

Cyanobacteria watches or warnings are up again on Lake Winnipesaukee for Alton, Wolfeboro, Tuftonboro, The Broads, the area of Governor’s Island along with other water bodies across the state right now.

The state Department of Environmental Services reports a form of cyanobacteria known as gloeotrichia, which presents as blobs floating up and down in the water column, are the primary concern on the Big Lake while other water bodies are having some form of cyanobacteria warnings or watches including Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro and Pool Pond in Rindge.

A current and updated state map Wednesday of the 14 cyanobacteria warnings and six watches can be found here, as it changes rapidly. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/8d84a6b03acb4efaab571b222c78447b.

As reported by InDepthNH.org.