An environmental scientist who once headed a team monitoring water quality in Lough Neagh has warned that it could take 20 years to stop outbreaks of toxic blue-green algae.
The lough, which produces more than 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water, has been heavily polluted with cyanobacteria, which is poisonous for humans and animals, since May.The latest in a series of public meetings to discuss the issue was held in Craigavon, Co Armagh last night.
"Phosphorous has been flowing into the lough from a number of sources including rivers for many years now," he said. "Other areas across the country, down in Fermanagh, Lower Lough Erne, Lough Melvin, and a few other lakes." DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson brought a party delegation to the shores of Lough Neagh this morning to meet members of an organisation set up 20 years ago to help manage and protect it.
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