Great Bend officials would like to do something about the algae-laden water at Veterans Lake, but they don’t have many suggestions that the city can afford — in more ways than one.The issue was raised again at the Great Bend City Council meeting Tuesday night, and Human Resources Director Terry Hoff said it’s true, that state officials have listed Vets Lake, along with three other public lakes in the state, as having high green algae content.There are differences over the last warning from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, however, Hoff noted. And that is due in part to the action the city has already taken.The low water level isn’t helping this year, nor is the extreme heat.On the other hand, as Hoff noted, the aerators the city installed — they can be seed percolating in the center of the lake — is keeping oxygen being pumped into the water, and that is helping to keep the fish population healthy. “The loss of fish has been nonexistent,” Hoff said.And the warning from KDHE this year did not urge the public to refrain from fishing.