Paul Tonko actually said...

Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous in water sources from agricultural storm water and waste water runoff fuel rapid algal growth.

Yes. And according to EPA, drinking water for over 117 million people comes from public water systems that rely, to some degree, on seasonal...

Our first priority is to protect public health, and if we can't control that on the source side, then drinking water utilities will have no ...

Some may believe that the solution to this drinking water problem is a standard for microcystin, the toxin released by these organisms.