Rainfall has flushed Minnedosa Lake, clearing algae that had posed a problem at the end of last month, a lake committee member and a business owner told the Sun.

Rainfall totalling about 104 millimetres has fallen in the area upstream of Lake Minnedosa since the algae alert in late July. It’s made a significant difference, Friends of Lake Minnedosa member Barry McPhail said.

“After the rain, the water is flowing through the lake and it’s much, much better,” he said. “There’s no doubt the rain helped a lot, and it’s just refreshed the whole lake up.”

The Town of Minnedosa put out an algae advisory to warn the public at the end of July. Dry conditions had led to a rare algae bloom in the lake, and McPhail told the Sun at the time that rain was needed.

Several rain showers followed in ear

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