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- Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the UK - it supplies half of Belfast's drinking water and 40% of Northern Ireland's overall. And, for several months, it has been becoming increasingly green and toxic. A blue-green algal bloom over the summer has caused havoc, not just in Lough Neagh but right up to Northern Ireland's north coast.
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Sep 16, 2023 · Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland, is being poisoned by a toxic blue-green algae on an apocalyptic scale. It is killing fish, birds and dogs and there are serious concerns about public health because the lough provides 40% of Northern Ireland 's drinking water.
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Oct 4, 2023 · A blue-green algal bloom over the summer has caused havoc, not just in Lough Neagh but right up to Northern Ireland's north coast. But how did this happen?
Oct 4, 2023 · Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK, has been becoming increasingly green and toxic.
Lough Neagh provides 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water. Along with invasive species in the form of water-clearing zebra mussels, and the weather effects of climate change, the perfect...
Sep 23, 2023 · The largest freshwater lake in Ireland and Britain - the source of 40 per cent of Northern Ireland’s drinking water - is being contaminated by poisonous algae, endangering people, pets and ...
Sep 11, 2023 · The toxic cyanobacteria we call blue-green algae forms blooms when agricultural pollution like slurry and fertilisers as well as sewage meet hot temperatures and sunlight causing eutrophication. It...
Nov 6, 2023 · The key culprits: two-thirds of the phosphate that ends up in the lough originates from slurry and other runoff from surrounding farmland, while 24 percent comes from human sewage discharged into...
