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Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, left, the Ohio Air National Guard's assistant adjutant general, talks with Wauseon Fire Department Capt. Jason Fisher and Phil Kessler, a firefighter, as they fill water bladders with clean water in Holland, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2014. Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared a state of emergency, Aug. 2, 2014, after a harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie contaminated the area's public water system. Fire department members transported water from the area to distribution sites. Ohio Army and Air Guardsmen were activated to help with the water emergency.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, left, the Ohio Air National Guard's assistant adjutant general, talks with Wauseon Fire Department Capt. Jason Fisher and Phil Kessler, a firefighter, as they fill water bladders with clean water in Holland, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2014. Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared a state of emergency, Aug. 2, 2014, after a harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie contaminated the area's public water system. Fire department members transported water from the area to distribution sites. Ohio Army and Air Guardsmen were activated to help with the water emergency.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, left, the Ohio Air National Guard's assistant adjutant general, talks with Wauseon Fire Department Capt. Jason Fisher and Phil Kessler, a firefighter, as they fill water bladders with clean water in Holland, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2014. Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared a state of emergency, Aug. 2, 2014, after a harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie contaminated the area's public water system. Fire department members transported water from the area to distribution sites. Ohio Army and Air Guardsmen were activated to help with the water emergency.

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