Last month Tuolumne County Supervisor Karl Rodefer and Calaveras County Supervisor Dennis Mills along with local health agencies and the State Water Board officials toured the upper reaches of New Melones Reservoir to sample water in the lake on August 1. The sampling took place to monitor a concern about an algal bloom that can impact the public health with water contact.
The Copper Cove Association is providing this information to members in New Melones as a public service. 
According to MyMotherLode.Com, “On Tuesday, Clarke Broadcasting checked in with Water Board spokesperson Dr. Keith Bouma-Gregson, a lead environmental scientist for the agency. He provided a status report on the latest samples, which were taken Aug. 1. The testing occurred during a boat tour with government officials and environmental health staff from Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, and Water Board and Bureau of Reclamation personnel.”
The story noted that on July 26 that the State Water Resources Control Board “issued an initial caution advisory about a potential harmful algal bloom (HAB) of cyanobacteria in the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River upstream of the New Melones reservoir.” The announcement followed July 24 water samplings drawn at the Parrotts Ferry Bridge, the confluence with Rose Creek, and at the up-river log-jam. Subsequently, caution signs were posted from the Tuttletown boat ramp all along the river to Camp Nine and the log jam.
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