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  1. 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 ...

  2. On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index to Keep Nutrients and Water on Fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/field-ohio-rewriting-ohio%E2%80%99s-phosphorus-risk-index-keep-nutrients-and-water-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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Four CFAES Researchers Funded in State’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/four-cfaes-researchers-funded-in-state%E2%80%99s-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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Mid-America Boat Show (January 16-20) / Lake Erie Day (January 20)

    https://comdev.osu.edu/events/mid-america-boat-show-january-16-20-lake-erie-day-january-20

    Grant experts will be available to discuss harmful algal blooms, invasive species, dead zones and ... Lakes. The following Sea Grant experts will be available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Lake Erie Day, January ... Help Support Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab at Lake Erie Day, Part of the 2014 Progressive ...

  10. Workshop to Spotlight Whole-system Solutions to Nutrient Runoff, Water Issues

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/workshop-spotlight-whole-system-solutions-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 ...

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