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  1. A Conversation on Agriculture, Water Quality, and the Rule of Law

    https://senr.osu.edu/events/conversation-agriculture-water-quality-and-rule-law

    How are the agricultural community, the State, and Ohio residents working together to keep our ... drinking water safe? As part of our “Rule of Law in the Age of Legal Change” discussion, we will focus on ... the 2014 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) incidents in Toledo, Ohio. What are the water quality management ...

  2. Study: Most Farmers Willing to Take More Steps to Improve Water Quality

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/study-most-farmers-willing-take-more-steps-improve-water-quality

    not taking action can impact their farm profits as well as how it will impact local water quality,” ... be on how nutrient loss negatively impacts profits on their farm, how it negatively impacts water ... if they feel like the action will both benefit their farms as well as water quality.   That’s ...

  3. For Youth in 4-H, a Deep Dive Into Science of Water

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/youth-4-h-deep-dive-science-water

    to learn the entire drinking water purification process,” she said. “I was able to view every step of ... project’s developers. Last August, toxins from a Lake Erie algal bloom led that city to ban tap water use ... — while keeping farms productive, profitable and sustainable.   Water sources, uses, access and careers ...

  4. Gypsum Spread on Farms Could Help Keep Water Clean, Not Green

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/gypsum-spread-farms-could-help-keep-water-clean-not-green

    recent years. In August, for instance, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ... southwestern end of the lake, suffered a two-day drinking water ban due to toxins produced by the bloom ... gypsum keeps soluble phosphorus from running off of farm fields and getting into water.   The Ohio Coal ...

  5. Attracting more farmers to participate in water quality efforts

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/attracting-more-farmers-participate-water-quality-efforts

    is keeping farmers from changing how they apply fertilizer to their fields, according to a behavioral ... actually improve water quality in Lake Erie, said Robyn Wilson, a professor in the College of Food, ... thinking has been that if we all just better understand what problems we’re having and what strategies ...

  6. Ohio State University Researchers Working with Farmers to Protect Ohio Water Quality, Lessen Algal Blooms

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-university-researchers-working-farmers-protect-ohio-water-quality-lessen-algal

    recommendations to protect water without reducing agricultural productivity. Many farmers have already taken steps ... and local water quality.   “If you want to get them to go that extra mile, the communication needs to ... begun a multi-step initiative to improve water quality over both the short and long terms.   A goal of ...

  7. New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields

    2023. LAKE ERIE ALGAL BLOOMS Phosphorus, a nutrient, is needed for crops to grow. It’s an important part ... with a goal of doing it by the year 2025. Experts think that such a reduction will keep the lake’s ... may be at higher risk of contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new ...

  8. Bernard and Susan Master 2019 Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture Series

    https://senr.osu.edu/events/bernard-and-susan-master-2019-moonlight-marsh-distinguished-lecture-series

    and blue-green harmful algal blooms (HABs), protecting the Florida Everglades from the same water that ... eco-technologies, and how our government protects (and perhaps now does not protect) clean water 50 years after the ...

  9. Environmental Professionals Network- September 11, 2018

    https://senr.osu.edu/events/environmental-professionals-network-september-11-2018

    monitor harmful blooms, keep drinking water safe, address public health concerns and engage stakeholders ...     For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie have been ... water pollution management? Join us for an exciting panel conversation to learn about the science-based ...

  10. TRAINING DAIRY FARM WORKERS

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-1/training-dairy-farm-workers

    don't have time to prepare" or "I know this job so well I don't need to think about how ... are to know or be able to do at the conclusion of the training. Does the new milker need to know how ... to do preventive maintenance on the milking equipment? Does the tractor driver need to know how do ...

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