UTAH COUNTY — Harmful algal blooms started exploding across major bodies are water in Utah due to the high temperatures this summer.

According to Kelly Cannon-O’Day from the Utah Lake Authority, this season has been worse.

“This year is a little worse than it has been in the last 3-4 years, and that’s mostly due to warmer temperatures,” she said.

With the recent cooler weather, however, this season may be coming to an end.

“They need still water, they need warm water, and they need nutrients, which are their food source. And so when we have kind of colder weather, when we have windy weather, it's removing two of those needed ingredients,” O'Day said.

While blooms in the middle of the lake are starting to go away, the ones on the shore remain dangerous.

“They get blown onto the beach,

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