The Big Problem In The Great Lakes - A film on the Toledo Water Crisis and Lake Erie algal blooms

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For three days, in August of 2014, the citizens of the city of Toledo, Ohio couldn’t use their tap water due to a toxic algal bloom surrounding the city’s drinking water intake in Lake Erie. City officials declared the water unsafe to drink, as well as use for bathing, brushing teeth, and cleaning dishes - boiling the water would not help, residents were told.
Ten years later, Lake Erie is still afflicted with toxic algal blooms.
The Big Problem In The Great Lakes is a documentary about a city’s frightening three day battle against toxic algae in Lake Erie - and one person’s mission for the last ten years to advocate for cleaning up that lake.
Featuring:
Kim Axe
Activist, Lake Erie Advocates
Mayor Wade Kapszuckiewicz
Mayor of Toledo
Dr. Greg Dick
Professor, University of Michigan
Director, Cooperative Institute For Great Lakes Research
Dennis and Tony Ruffing
Farmers, STJ Ruffing Cattle Farm
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@stevenkirby7478 26 дней назад

The state of Ohio is notoriously inept when it comes water quality standards. Part of this rests with the power of the Ohio Faar Bureau's involvement in protecting polluting farmers in the watershed. The rest can be laid at the doorsteps of poor sewage treatent including non working septic systems draining directly into the lakes tributaries. Every discharge point in the watershed must be cataloged and permitted.

@matthewortiz7223 23 дня назад

We're seeing true greed.. money over people what wrong with this country.

@kevinboehm134 Месяц назад

Great video. This has much more impact than just Toledo. We need to protect Our Great Lakes. Ohio legislature needs to step up!

@AThreePinesProduction Месяц назад

Thanks Kevin! Agreed!

@syntaxerorr 10 дней назад

Never heard you can't bath in the water. I just came back from a vacation on the 1st day and didn't know what was happening, other than I couldn't drink the tap water. The next day I was able to buy bottled water at a store. It really wasn't a big deal. It is a problem that needs fix though.

@PredecessorProfessor Месяц назад

The toxic algal blooms have been linked to improper farming practices. So to fix this issue we should be overhauling the farming system. They will never do this though because the government suckles from Monsantos tit. Regenverative and organic farming practices would fix a whole lot of our problems in the U.S.. This mixed with some better regulation and policing of dumping in the waterways and heck we could all be relaxing by the rivers for a summer dip in no time.

@RobKaiser_SQuest Месяц назад

FWIW Monsanto as any form of legal entity hasn't existed since 2018, they were bought out by Bayer.

@studiohost Месяц назад

I agree, but the bulk of fertilizer in rivers comes from lawn runoff.

@patrickhogan5565 Месяц назад

Very well done. Thank you for not letting anyone forget about this issue that is unfortunately ongoing

@AThreePinesProduction Месяц назад

Thank you Patrick!

@amyburgess7684 Месяц назад

I'm a Toledo native and still live in the area. I vividly really this situation. Ironically, I was and still am living out in the country. Our well tried up that same day as the water crisis. I'm also a social worker, and I remember the stress that the city and area was in. You don't realize how just how much water you use under its gone. We live in with this beautiful area. But we need to take care of it as stewards. Because our area takes water for granted because we are blessed to be in the Great Lakes. Another point that needs to be discussed is how the trees and woods helped to filter the soil before the sediment, and such hits the watershed. Now we have less trees but more farms which cut down the trees to drain the swamp. And to have farmland. I live out in the country (30 min outside of Toledo near the airport). I understand and appreciate our farmers. We need the products they produce. That being said, there needs to be a way to have safe water and to keep our farms.

@AThreePinesProduction Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing! I agree!

@lawrencejneuser8801 27 дней назад

It's kind of funny about water quality and how I noticed it back when I was a kid in high school. We used to have a water well that was located between a 25 acre field and the barnyard. The springtime my foster dad would start cleaning out the barn and spread the manure on the 25 acre field Would slope down towards the well. I told my foster mom one day the tap water tasted kind of funny. She blamed it on the fact that the school had just switched the water and they had chlorinated water. But it was springtime and we even had a river running through the basement to the sump pump, and the floors in the basement were always wet at this time of year. The year was 1969

@kevinking9783 Месяц назад

not trying to be smart aleck, but a serious technical question: was water pressure flowing sufficient in pipelines to use toilets?

@AThreePinesProduction Месяц назад

Good question actually. So everyone says “shut off” but what they really mean is the city just told everyone not to use the water. The water system itself was never physically shut off probably for that very reason. Plus the loss of pressure could damage parts of the system. But that’s why there was a concern about elderly people or disabled people not knowing and drinking the water. There were reports of about a few dozen people who went to the hospital sick from drinking the water.

@syntaxerorr 10 дней назад

This video blows it way out of proportion. No problem with water pressure. There was no problem with bathing, just don't consume it. You could buy bottled water after the 2nd day. It is a problem that needs fixed though.

@finntjomstol9364 Месяц назад

Less than 800 views and under 200 subs is criminal

@AThreePinesProduction Месяц назад

Ha! I won't argue with that, thanks lol. Spread the word!

@danglesmcgee0774 24 дня назад

Song????

@AThreePinesProduction 24 дня назад

Which one and what about it?

@python357magnum100 17 дней назад

All pollution , factory farms, habitat destruction, mega garbage dumps, over fishing, plastics all have one common denominator…..humans. The UN estimates that around 385,000 babies are born each day around the world (140 million a year). According to World Population Review, the average daily death rate in 2024 is 166,859 people worldwide. There’s the problem.

@Cheddar_Curtain Месяц назад

I grew up in a mid sized Wisconsin town with a central lake. Algae blooms in the summer were a problem and a running joke. That stuff smelled awful, the lake turned green. There were rumors of dogs and kids jumping in that got sick. Luckily the drinking water was not affected. Most of the problem was due to poor farm management upstream meaning factory farm animal shit running into the water causing a spike in nitrates which is algae super food. We still have a long way to go fixing our water supply in the USA.

@AThreePinesProduction Месяц назад

Sadly this seems to be a problem everywhere factory farming exists. The Real News Network and Max Alvarez talked to some folks in Wisconsin about the issue a few years ago, if you haven't seen their doc on it, might be worth checking out. Are you connected with any groups working on fighting CAFOs in your area?

@kkkk-wg6je Месяц назад

I’m on the wisco side of lake mich. 2 things: There are many polluted rivers dumping farm waste into the lake, the river ecosystems are destroyed. And native species in the lake are almost non existent in favor of “game fish” like salmon which are planted.

@frankkolton1780 19 дней назад

Not "in favor of gamed fish" it's because of invasive species, going back to 1950s and before were sea lampreys (devastated the lake trout population). Alewives out competed many native species. Salmon were brought in to manage alewives.

@Floofie_boi Месяц назад

I live in Ohio and I've never drank tap water unless it's been run through filters. It always tastes nasty.

@davidgrenis638 27 дней назад

I THINK REQUIRING HUGE TRENCHES AROUND EVERY FARM AND MAYBE EVERY FARM BEING DIVIDED BY TRENCHES THAT WOULD CATCH THIS THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE TURNED INTO PLACES LIKE MARSHES DAVID ADAM GRENIS CURRENTLY IN HOUSTON TEXAS