PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A plan is in place to kill the blue-green algae and improve the water quality in Port St. Lucie.
According to Port St. Lucie officials, to ensure public health and safe water, the city of Port St. Lucie began treatments on Monday to exterminate the blue-green algae and improve water quality at the Sawgrass Lakes Stormwater Management Tract.
On Monday, laboratory testing confirmed that blue-green algae detected in the stormwater management tract was not producing harmful toxins. But to prevent the algal bloom from developing toxins, the city began treatment…