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Clean Water for Ohio: New Partners, Projects, Funding are Growing Field to Faucet
researchers to better monitor harmful algal blooms in lakes and agricultural ponds. · Edge of field ... Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University launched its Field to Faucet program, significant strides ... have been made to improve Ohio water quality. Field to Faucet was conceived by Bruce McPheron, Ohio ...
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Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet and Global Water Initiative
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet-and-global-water-initiative
harmful algal blooms, Jay Martin will tell you they’re the solution. Martin was recently chosen to lead ... Field to Faucet, a water quality program launched by The Ohio State University to ensure safe drinking ... from a variety of disciplines. Field to Faucet was conceived and funded by Bruce McPheron, Ohio State’s ...
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Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results
Ohio Corn and Wheat. The project is part of the college’s Field to Faucet initiative. Elizabeth Dayton ... in the college’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. Her On-Field Ohio project seeks to ... fields in the Scioto, Grand Lake St. Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds. To date, the project ...
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Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff
revised index is the result of the multiyear On-Field Ohio project led by Elizabeth (Libby) Dayton, ... algal blooms, experts say. The revised phosphorus risk index can help Ohio farmers better work toward ... a reduction of this size would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “The index provides ...
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Ohio State Improving Water Quality, One Farm at a Time
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-improving-water-quality-one-farm-time
chosen to lead Field to Faucet. Field to Faucet projects include: · An app is being developed that ... Martin said, with three additional research projects supported by Field to Faucet now underway: · ... training supplements the college’s Field to Faucet water quality program announced in September 2014 and ...
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On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index to Keep Nutrients and Water on Fields
Tracy Turner COLUMBUS, Ohio – All farm field test sites have been selected and soil samples from ... and improve Ohio water quality. The On-Field Ohio project, now in its second year, seeks to revise the ... in the degradation of Ohio fresh surface water and is a major contributor to harmful algal blooms ...
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Ohio State Water Experts to Speak to Columbus Metropolitan Club June 3
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-water-experts-speak-columbus-metropolitan-club-june-3
the college started Field to Faucet, a new program meant to ensure safe water for all Ohioans while ... Toledo crisis and is a widely quoted expert on such topics as harmful algal blooms and phosphorus ... a harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Scientists say phosphorus from ...
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NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Summer Harmful Algal Bloom for Western Lake Erie
reduce algal blooms include developing a Farmer Sampling Network in western Lake Erie’s watershed. For ... and Arts and Sciences — are studying harmful algal blooms and how to stop them. Projects include, for ... algal bloom this summer, potentially reaching levels last seen in 2013 and 2014, though smaller than the ...
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NW Ohio Farmers: Sign Up for Project Designed to Improve Ohio Water Quality
cause of harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in recent years. In August 2014, ... a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The project involves ... collecting water samples from 150-200 crop fields in the Maumee River Basin for two years during two separate ...
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For Youth in 4-H, a Deep Dive Into Science of Water
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/for-youth-in-4-h-deep-dive-science-water
the project’s developers. Last August, toxins from a Lake Erie algal bloom led that city to ban tap ... www.ohio4h.org/families/family-guide. Ohio 4-H also is developing a new water-related project called Field to Faucet, tied in to the ... nutrient runoff into lakes and streams — a cause of harmful algal blooms like the one that hurt Toledo ...