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Do You Live Near Lake Champlain? Help Seven Days and ProPublica Investigate Algae Blooms.

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People enjoying the water at North Beach on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. The beach occasionally gets closed because of algae blooms. Caleb Kenna for ProPublica

Despite being an iconic part of Vermont’s landscape and a large source of the state’s drinking water, Lake Champlain has been polluted for decades. Phosphorus runoff from farm fields, rural roads, parking lots, stormwater drains and wastewater treatment plants flows into the lake, fueling algae blooms that frequently choke its bays and........

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