Over the last four days, volunteers with the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association have submitted 52 reports of harmful algal blooms from the lake.
The Association reports locations range from near German Brothers and Walton Point on the west side of the lake and from the Country Club to Deep Run and south to Vine Valley. Vine Valley Beach is closed. It suggests that while several beach operators are saying goodbye to their college-age lifeguards, do not assume that if your favorite beach is unstaffed, the water has been monitored by paid professionals.
cHABS can form mid-lake and along the shoreline. Based on five years of sampling and NYS-certified lab analysis, blooms on Canandaigua Lake are more toxic than those on other Finger Lakes. Tropical Storm Debby fed the lake with nutrients that, in combination with the warm, calm weather, are producing lake-wide cHABS.
The cHABS map on the Association’s website is updated more frequently than the DEC’s NYHABS – please check it first for the most current information available.
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