Lough Neagh algae warning issued as slurry from thousands of farms enters water

Slurry pouring into Lough Neagh from thousands of farms will continue to spark pollution incidents unless major action taken, it is warned.
Lough Neagh Partnership's manager says the first thing that needs to be addressed to save the major waterway is 'nutrient overload' from farm slurry. We recently met Gerry Darby at the lough shore in Ballyronan, where algae was visible in the water and in some places had already begun to form patches of sludge.
While it has not yet reached the catastrophic levels we reported on last summer, it has now been confirmed in nine parts of Lough Neagh as well as a canal and river that feed into it with signs going up warning people to stay out of the water as the algae is toxic to pets and can make people sick.
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