November 23, 2009 by admin.

From The Dayton Daily News:

Latest plan offers hope 
for Grand Lake St. Marys

By Jim Morris, Staff Writer 12:58 AM Sunday, November 22, 2009 There is a crisis at Grand Lake St. Marys. In fact, there are two.

By now, the water quality issue has been well-documented. But there also is another big problem: the economy of the region.

The problem with the local economy is not totally caused by the polluted water in the state’s largest inland lake …

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November 12, 2009 by admin.

Click to view and/or print the GLSM Water Quality meeting agenda 11-16-09

State officials will be meeting at Wright State Lake Campus and touring a farm in the watershed.  Anyone interested and available is invited!

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September 20, 2009 by admin.

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

By Nancy Allen

Funds sought for study

Celina renewable energy center

  Kent Bryan, the city of Celina’s planning and community development director, said there is much misinformation and misunderstanding about the algae toxin in Grand Lake.

He said he wants to go after a research grant that he hopes could clear the air.

Since the state first announced the presence of the toxin just prior to the Memorial Day weekend, the city has been required to have the lake’s water tested to determine the toxin levels. This is so the Ohio EPA can make the information available to the public who want to use the lake recreationally. The lake also is the city’s sole source of drinking water and tests have continued to show the toxin is not present in drinking water.

To measure toxin levels, the algae cells are…

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