Health warning issued for 350km of the river to not swim or drink the water,but fishing is not affected Businesses along the Murray river that rely on the tourist dollar brought in by the Easter long weekend hope for cold weather to ease a blue-green algae outbreak that has prompted a health warning for 350km of the waterway.
The microscopic Cyanobacteria have bloomed in the warm, stagnant river, and helped by a heatwave that brought above-average March temperatures to south-eastern Australia. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com