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many contractor personnel as city employees at the water treatment plant . The department immediately updated its treatment protocol using a combination of chemicals to treat Lake Erie water . “ We quadrupled our powder active carbon , quadrupled the potassium intake and activated an early warning system with a buoy that serves as a floating weather system ,” said Moore .

DPU also convened a Blue Ribbon Panel of nine national experts to review long-term plant improvements to remove algae toxins . The panel recommended a process that pushed the City of Toledo into the future of water treatment . “ They

came in and validated everything we were planning to do . Additionally , the panel recommended we add ozone to our plant , which is the big gun for the microsystin toxin . It ’ s basically creating lightning in a bottle and electrifying our water . It ’ s been around but it ’ s very expensive .”

Taking it a step further , the department has invested approximately $ 12 million in a new chlorination facility at the treatment plant that will allow more chlorine to be stored on site and injected in more locations along the treatment process , which should prevent future undesired scenarios from happening again . www . toledo . oh . gov 57