Edina's Lake Cornelia has toxic blue-green algae — again
Swimmers are again being warned to stay away from Lake Cornelia in Edina because of elevated levels of blue-green algae that could irritate skin an...
Swimmers are again being warned to stay away from Lake Cornelia in Edina because of elevated levels of blue-green algae that could irritate skin and cause stomach problems or liver damage. Blue-green algae has made an appearance on the lake almost every summer for well over a decade, as Edina and the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District have struggled to maintain water quality in the shallow lake that sits just south of the Crosstown Highway 62 and a few streets west of the Southdale mall. Excessive levels of phosphorus, which is often used as a lawn fertilizer, have made it all too easy for the algae to grow in the lake.