Rutland Water

Public concern about the abundance of algae, and of the toxic cyanobacteria in particular, was raised by events in the UK in the summer of 1989 which involved the deaths of dogs and sheep at Rutland Water, Leicestershire, and the acute... 

In the Slimmer of 1989, Rutland Water, the largest man-made lake in Western Europe and which supplies potable water to approximately 500 000 people in the East of England, contained a heavy bloom of Microcystis aeruginosa. By the end of the summer, a number of sheep and dogs had died after drinking from the bloom and concentrated scum. Analysis revealed that the cyanobacterial bloom material was toxic to laboratory mice, and that rumen contents from a poisoned sheep contained fivemicrocystin variants.Microcystins were detected in waters used for recreation in Australia at concentrations greater than 1 mg per... 

Bedford, F., Rutland, C., Dittrich, P., Raab, A. and Wirbeleit, F. (2000) Effects of direct water injection on diesel engine combustion. SAE Technical Papers, 2000-01-2938. 

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