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NEW YORK: Water testing in the Camden Haven River, Googly’s Lagoon and the Hastings River at Settlement Point detected marine blue green algae.
The algae Trichodesmium is commonly known as ‘sea sawdust’. The blooms are due to the current warm weather conditions.
Algae grows in rivers, beaches, lagoons, lakes or creeks and is seen as patches of unusually-coloured water.
The algae can range in colour, from pale brown or light green, to dark green and dark brown.Over time it can settle on sand or along the high water mark leaving a scum that then decomposes and becomes quite smelly.
The Port Macquarie Hastings Director of Environment Matt Rogers said it is important for people to avoid sitting or swimming in water containing algae or touching or swallowing large amounts of algal scum.
