Columbus Dispatch: The Monday Dispatch article Toxic algae in Hoover cost city $723,000 revealed the harrowing cost of combating the effects of harmful algal blooms in Columbus. Blue-green algae are toxic and have appeared for the first time in our city, negatively affecting the taste and smell of residents water. I recently moved into a new apartment near the Ohio State campus, and the first time I tried my tap water, I was shocked by the unpleasant plantlike taste. My household was one of 1,700 to contact the...