The blue-green alga spreads over Dianchi Lake in Kunming, south China's Yunnan Province on June 24. Algae-plagued water looks like green paint rolling over Dianchi lake. [Photo: ic.eastday.com]
A new blue-green algae bloom was found smothering Dianchi Lake in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday.
The algae pollution broke out after the city had undergone a couple of steaming humid days. Algae-plagued water in the lake, as sticky as green paint, rolled towards the Haigeng beach, emitting a foul odor in the air.
Temperature rises in summer days and an excess of nutrients in the water are believed to have caused the algae bloom in the lake.
Dianchi Lake is now one of the most polluted plateau lakes in Yunnan Province with its water quality assessed as in VI quality class.
Dianchi Lake, located in Kunming, is the source of drinking water for local residents in the provincial capital and one of the best known tourist spots in the country.
Last month, a blue-green algae bloom broke out in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, and has greatly threatened the water quality of Tai lake that provides drinking water for millions of people there.
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