Syracuse, N.Y. -- For the third day in a row, test results show low levels of blue-green algae toxins getting into the first stages of Syracuse's water system, but none of the toxins are reaching anyone's tap water, county and city officials said today.

A statement from the city and the Onondaga County Health Department said low levels of the toxins continue to be found in village of Skaneateles water drawn from the lake, but that the addition of extra chlorine is keeping toxins out of drinking water.

"All other locations in the water system - including the city of Syracuse, the town of DeWitt, the town of Skaneateles, the village of Elbridge, and the village of Jordan - showed non-detectable levels of algal toxins in finished water," the statement said. "Residents in the village of Skaneateles and the other municipalities which use this drinking water source can continue to drink the water."

The 1,400 residents along the lake who have their own intake pipes should not drink the lake water, health officials said.

Daily testing of the city's system will continue until no more toxins are discovered. That could be a month or more, a state Department of Health official said Wednesday, particularly if the continuing hot, dry weather creates more algal blooms.

The bloom, the first on record for Skaneateles Lake, was confirmed on Friday.

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