ROODHOUSE — A weekend Facebook post advised Roodhouse residers that" all water exertion at the Roodhouse Rez is off limits until farther notice."
On Monday morning, still, Roodhouse Mayor Tom Martin was left wondering what was going on at the Roodhouse Rez, which is how residers routinely relate to Roodhouse Park Lake.
" I drove out there Sunday and the water looked clear to me," Martin said." I guess the caretakers transferred out the information on the lake."
Jayette Bolinski, director of dispatches for the Illinois Department of Natural coffers, said the department had no information about the situation but was looking into it.
Martin said he'd communicate with DNR officers late last week but that nothing about closing the lake to recreation was bandied. The DNR did suggest keeping people out of the lake, but Martin noted that conditioning similar as swimming and wading are always banned in the lake.
" We did not suppose there was anything to worry about, but it's better to stay out of it for a many days until it clears out," Martin said." We're trying to get the DNR out to test the water and give us the each-clear sign."
The weekend Facebook post said all exertion similar as fishing, voyaging and cast net throwing were banned because the lake has" planktonic algae in it at the moment." The original post on Facebook had been participated several times.
The Roodhouse Rez, which is a little further than 1 afar southeast of the megacity, is a small lake covering around 10 acres. There's a clay boat ramp and only small electric motors are allowed on boats. In addition to fishing, there are areas for picnicking.
Still, they should clean them completely, Martin said, If people do catch fish out of the lake.
" Planktonic algae blooms are especially dangerous because they can persecute anything from small ponds to large lakes with redundant nutrients," the Facebook post said.
But planktonic algae is not inescapably a bad thing. Algae can be dangerous but it also is essential to bodies of water.
According to the DNR website, planktonic algae are the primary oxygen directors in utmost bodies of water and the primary food source at the base of the submarine food chain. utmost species of algae don't pose a trouble to organisms. still, some planktonic algae species produce dangerous poisons that can affect humans and creatures.
Planktonic algae pier on the water and can be confused with muddy water. It causes the water to look green, brown or sanguine in color.
A severe algal bloom can kill fish because the death and decay of the algae remove oxygen from the water. Exposure to poisonous blue-green algae blooms can harm submarine life and humans if they swallow or touch the water. poisonous green algae blooms can produce airborne driblets that are dangerous if gobbled.
Exposure to high situations of blue-green algae and their poisons can beget diarrhea, nausea or vomiting; skin, eye or throat vexation; and antipathetic responses or breathing difficulties. faves and beast can come sick or die if they consume large quantities of water containing algae blooms.