Let's be clear, the water in Toledo was never shut off. A do not drink order was issued but the water was never shut off. There is a huge difference. The algae problem is real and it is serious. It is too serious to blow your credibility on a huge false claim right up front, Tod Hardin. Now with that out of the way, it is spot on in every other aspect. I live on Lake Erie and get my drinking water from Toledo. I remember the Toledo water crisis. I see the algae in my lake and on my shore. I kayak in the pea soup flowing out of the Maumee. I am actively involved in addressing the real causes like CAFOs as called out in the film. Sandy Bihn is spot on and so is Mayor Wade. Kapszukiewicz. Everything in the film is absolutely true and the water here gets as green as it shows in the film. The family farmers are not the problem. Factory farms and CAFOs as pointed out accurately are the cause. No other factory would be permitted to pollute the way they do. I recognize every Lake Erie scene and it really looks like that only you don't experience the smell just watching the movie. Before the Toledo water crisis, nobody away from the lake really cared about water quality. When the panic hit, suddenly, everyone cared. Sandy Bihn is a rock star! What the film misses is interviews with politicians in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan protecting the factory farms. This is a must see for the 40 million people who get their drinking water from the Great Lakes, especially the 11 million from Lake Erie.
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