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Oct. 14: How to Stop Algal Blooms, Keep Drinking Water Safe
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/oct-14-how-stop-algal-blooms-keep-drinking-water-safe
farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. In August, toxins from ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The event’s first panel will ... Nature Conservancy’s Western Lake Erie Basin Project. President Obama honored Vollmer-Sanders in March ...
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On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index to Keep Nutrients and Water on Fields
Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds, the latter two being the most problematic watersheds, she ... St. Marys and the Western Lake Erie Basin, which are the two most problematic watersheds in heavy ... in the degradation of Ohio fresh surface water and is a major contributor to harmful algal blooms ...
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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
a severe bloom in western Lake Erie shut down Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days. The On-Field ... algal blooms, experts say. The revised phosphorus risk index can help Ohio farmers better work toward ... meeting the 40 percent phosphorus reduction target in the Western Lake Erie Basin, said Dayton, a soil ...
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Panel to Discuss Manure Storage Options, Benefits to Farms and Water
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/panel-discuss-manure-storage-options-benefits-farms-and-water
a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes and streams. Lake Erie will again ... Administration’s forecast released July 10. But the predicted bloom will be smaller than last year’s and far less ... have a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Four CFAES Researchers Funded in State’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative
to pressing Lake Erie issues. The Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative has been a collaborative ... Environmental Sciences (CFAES) have been awarded funding from the statewide Harmful Algal Bloom Research ... Initiative (HABRI), which seeks solutions for harmful algal blooms in Ohio. Ohio Sea Grant, on behalf of the ...
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Fertilizer applied years ago still affects Lake Erie
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/fertilizer-applied-years-ago-still-affects-lake-erie
Ag Production Year and Lake Erie Harmful Algal Blooms?” will be given with Laura Johnson, director of ... , Johnson said. Last year, the severity of the Lake Erie harmful algal bloom was 7.3—more than double the ... harmful algal blooms plaguing the lake. “Phosphorus was already in fields, ditches, rivers, and ...
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Environmental Professionals Network- September 11, 2018
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/events/environmental-professionals-network-september-11-2018
For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie have been ... waters of Lake Erie met federal and state water quality goals, as well as key lessons learned from water ... in the process to reduce and mitigate harmful algal blooms will be addressed by the panel. Register ...
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New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change
drains into the western basin of Lake Erie, where harmful algal blooms are common during the summer ... examine how people’s actions in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie. Researchers from six ... impact water quality in Lake Erie, how public perception of the health of the lake may influence those ...
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Juan Pablo Sequeira Lezama
https://hcs.osu.edu/our-people/juan-pablo-sequeira-lezama
algal blooms dominating the Western Lake Erie Basin and contribute to a circular economy. Research ... graduating Spring 2024 Research Focus: My research project aims to use Lake Erie sediments as soil amendments ... selling the Lake Erie sediments. Using Lake Erie sediments as farm soil amendment might ameliorate harmful ...
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Workshop to Spotlight Whole-system Solutions to Nutrient Runoff, Water Issues
phosphorus, for example, is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. In ... August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. CFAES is ... River watershed, Lake Erie’s largest tributary. The studies are testing possible new practices. Breakout ...