{"id":232861,"date":"2026-07-01T14:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232861\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:57:11","slug":"authorities-advise-residents-to-watch-for-blue-green-algae-in-blue-marsh-lake-northern-berks-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232861\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities\u00a0advise residents to\u00a0watch for blue-green\u00a0algae\u00a0in\u00a0Blue Marsh\u00a0Lake\u00a0 | Northern Berks County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEESPORT, Pa.- Authorities are asking residents to be aware of blue-green algae in Berks County\u2019s Blue Marsh Lake. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 Philadelphia District updated the Lake\u2019s Harmful Algal Bloom Status from Watch to Advisory, the Corps said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The district advised residents to be aware of the algae\u2019s potentially harmful toxins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Algal bloom signs include discolored water and scum, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The U.S. Army Corps said Swim Beach\u2019s weekly testing has not indicated any present toxins and will be open for public use.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The district issued tips for families to protect themselves from blue-green algae in the area, which include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Avoid water contact in areas where water is discolored or has foam, scum, or algae on the water\u2019s surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Visit Blue Marsh Lake\u2019s webpage, social media, or park phone system for future updates to the Harmful Algal Bloom Status.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEESPORT, Pa.- Authorities are asking residents to be aware of blue-green algae in Berks County\u2019s Blue Marsh Lake.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2214,100617,349,38170,100616,100618,16424,128,130,129,90514,12960],"class_list":["post-232861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-advisory","tag-algal-bloom","tag-berks-county","tag-blue-marsh-lake","tag-blue-green-algae","tag-harmful-algal-bloom","tag-leesport","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-toxins","tag-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}