-- MICHELLE --
	THIS NEXT STORY HAS A LOT OF US WONDERING ABOUT THE
TERRIBLE SMELL..AND BLUE-GREEN COLOR...ALONG LAKE
MENDOTA.
	IT TURNS OUT IT'S ACTUALLY A "POND SCUM PROBLEM"
CLOSING THREE MADISON BEACHES TODAY.
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	AND AS THE NIGHT TEAM'S MATTHEW SIMON EXPLAINS...
THAT'S SPARKING A WATER WARNING.
	MATTHEW? 
-- MATTHEW --
VO/NAT
	THIS UNUSUALLY ABUNDANT...THICK...BLUE-GREEN LAYER
HAS NUMEROUS HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUING A WARNING.
	SINCE THIS BIG, BAD BLOOM IS ACTUALLY ALGAE...ANYONE
SEEING THIS...SHOULD CONSIDER THE WATER THEY'RE GOING
INTO CONTAMINATED.
PACKAGE
P-
1 SOT
	SOUND OF WATER
	MATTHEW SIMON REPORTING:  Excuse me. Excuse me. I'm
Matt with Channel 3.
1 VO/MINI-DISC
	UNTIL WE FOUND KRISTIN MARTIN...AND HER SIX-YEAR-OLD
RETIRED GREYHOUND RACER ZERO..
2 SOT
	KRISTIN MARTIN: oh yeah. Lives on the couch.
2 VO/MINI-DISC
	...WALKING ALONG JAMES MADISON BEACH ...
3 SOT
	SOUND OF WATER
3 VO/MINI-DISC
	...SHE HAD NO IDEA POTENTIALLY TOXIC BLUE GREEN ALGAE
HAD CLOSED THE LAKE MENDOTA WATER THEY WERE WALKING
IN.
4 SOT
	KRISTIN MARTIN: I think it's gross. 
4 VO/MINI-DISC
	PART OF THAT INCLUDES A WAFTING, PUTRID  POND SCUM
SMELL
	RIGHT NEAR HERE...FOLKS WERE STILL WEIGHTING AND
SWIMMING.
5 SOT
	STEVE CARPENTER: Now with this bloom under wave the
main thing is for people to be careful about their
health. 
5 VO/MINI-DISC
	CAUTION U-W ECOSYSTEM EXPERT STEVE CARPENTER SAYS
IS SO NECESSARY BECAUSE WHAT YOUR LOOKING AT...AND
SMELLING...IS PHOSPHATE POLLUTION.
6 SOT
	STEVE CARPENTER: ...the common names of some of the
chemicals are things like 'Ultra Fast Death Factor,'
so that gives you an idea of how hazardous it could
be.
6 VO/MINI-DISC
	WHILE THE HAZARDS ARE NOT NEW...CARPENTER SAYS THE
THREE DECADE OLD PROBLEM...FARM MANURE AND SOIL RUNOFF
CAUSE...IS MUCH BIGGER THIS YEAR. 
	COMPOUNDED BY A SO-CALLED 'INVASIVE SPECIES.' 
	KILLING MOST OF THE TINY ALGAE EATING WATER FLEAS.
7 SOT
	STEVE CARPENTER: So there's really no cap on these
guys, there's nothing eating them. 
8 VO/MINI-DISC
	UNTIL THIS COLOR AND SMELL FADES AWAY STEVE CARPENTER
SAYS HE'D ADVISE AVOIDING THE WATER.
	KRISTIN MARTIN SAYS UNTIL THAT HAPPENS HER...AND
ZERO'S WALKS...ARE ON HOLD.
8 SOT
	MATTHEW SIMON REPORTING: Will that be tough on him.
Does he look forward to it.
	KRISTIN MARTIN: He does. But I think he'll get over
it.
ON CAM
-- MATTHEW --
	TENNY AND WARNER BEACHES...ALL ALONG LAKE MENDOTA...ALSO
SHUT DOWN TODAY.
	THE MADISON DANE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
CONSTANTLY UPDATES BEACH CLOSURE ON THEIR WEBPAGE.
	WE'LL LINK YOU THERE ON CHANNEL3000-DOT-COM
2 SHOT
	THEIR ADVICE SIMPLE: WHEN IN DOUBT STAY OUT OF THE
WATER.
-- MICHELLE --
	THANK YOU MATTHEW.
