Toxins in Belton Laker

LAKE BELTON TOCELEBRATE THEFOURTH THIS WEEKENDBUT...LAKE MANAGERSHAVE A WARNING.THERE'S BLUE-GREENALGAE IN THE WATER.OUR JARELL BAKERTELLS MORE ABOUT THETOXINS.MANY ARE READY TO COMETO LAKE BELTON TO SWIM,BOAT AND MORE DURINGTHIS FOURTH OF JULYWEEKEND...BUT THE ARMY CORPS OFENGINEERS WANTSEVERYONE TO WARNEVERYONE... THERE ARETOXINS IN THE WATER.PTHE ARMY CORPS OFENGINEERS SAY THEYFOUND BLUE GREENALGAE PRODUCINGTOXINS IN LAKEBELTON...THE SAME TOXINSWHICH COST... DELANEYPRESLEY'S 6-MONTHOLD DOG KODA... HISLIFE."I STILL THINK ABOUT IT ALLTHE TIME."KODA DIED AFTERDRINKING SOME OF THEWATER AT BELTON... INMARCH.UNFORTUNATELY,PRESLEY DIDN'T KNOWABOUT THE BLUEGREEN ALGAE... UNTILWEEKS LATER."I CAN'T EVEN BRINGMYSELF TO GO NEARBODIES OF WATER NOW.I JUST WANT PEOPLE TOLISTEN MORE THANANYTHING DID NOTHAVE THE MINDSETTHAT IT'S NOT GONNAHAPPEN TO THEM."JOSHUA BROWN WITHTHE ARMY CORPS OFENGINEERS SET ATOXINS PRODUCED BYTHE ALGAE IS HARMFULTO ANIMALS ANDHUMANS... ONLY IF THEYDRINK IT."WHAT IS TOXIC ISMATTER OF DEAD ALGAETHAT CAME UP FROMTHE BOTTOM OF THELAKE, WASHED UP THESHORELINE AND YOUWOULD SEE MATS OF ITON THE SURFACE OFTHE WATER."BUT ONCE YOU KNOWWHAT TO LOOKFOR BROWN SAYS ITSNOT THAT HARD TOSPOT."IN THE STAGNANT AREASWHERE IT'LL BLOW ANDYOU'LL SEE ALMOST LIKE AGREEN PAINT IN THE WATERIN THE WATER AVOIDTHOSE AREAS AS WELLTHOSE SAME TYPE OFTOXINS WILL BE IN THATWATER.""BROWN SAYS WERELOCALS ARE WATCHINGOUT FOR AREAS WITHBLUE ALGAE TOXINSTHEY SHOULD ALSO BELOOKING OUT FORFLOODING.

THEY SAIDTHEY'VE HAD FLOODINGAREAS THAT I REACHFROM THE SHORELINEALL THE WAY UP HERETO WHERE THEY MARKTHE TRASH LINE.""WHILE THE WATER ISCOMING DOWN AND HEMIGHT START TO SEEROADS APPEAR YOUHAVE TO GIVE ROAD TOLEAST 14 DAYS TO DRYOUT.

OTHERWISE IF WEHAVE TRAFFIC ONTHOSE THE ROAD BASEIS SOFT AND IT CANCAUSE LOTS OFDAMAGE."LBROWN SAYS THAT THEY'VESET UP GATES ANDBARRIERS TO CLOSESECTIONS OF BELTON LAKEIN CASE OF FLOODINGHE ALSO SAYS THERE WILLBE A HEAVIER POLICEPRESENCE IN THE AREA TOMAKE SURE EVERYONE ISSAFE WHILE THEY HAVE FUN.IN BELTON JARELL BAKER 25NEWS.LET'S GET A FIRSTCHECK OF WEATHERTHIS EVENING...FIRST ALERTMETEOROLOGIS