According to an update from the Pike County General Health District, satellite imagery taken on July 10 and provided to the health district by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) on July 12 still shows trace amounts of cyanobacteria present in Lake White.
The imagery comes from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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