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  1. Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/news/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – While some would say people are the problem behind Lake Erie’s harmful algal ... Engineering. For the past 10 years, he has focused on the Lake Erie basin, collaborating with researchers from ... Sciences, which put $1 million toward the effort after dangerous microcystin levels in Lake Erie shut down ...

  2. Development Of Real-Time Detection Of Cyanotoxins In Drinking And Irrigation Water Sources Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles And Validation With Laboratory Measurements

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/field-faucet-projects/uavs-faster-algal-bloom-sampling

    combines land, air and space technologies to monitor harmful algal blooms in lakes and agricultural ponds. ... New research will take the birds’ eye view of harmful algal blooms to get test results faster ... When water quality is threatened by harmful algal blooms, communities need to know where the blooms are ...

  3. Investigation of water treatment alternatives in the removal of microcystin-LR

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/ohio-dept-higher-education-projects/water-treatment-alternatives-microcystin

    New weapons for water treatment plants dealing with harmful algal blooms Principal Investigator ... from Lake Erie. When the water entering a treatment plant has high levels of microcystin, a harmful ... with the City of Toledo, which was a front-line community in severe harmful algal blooms in 2014, and ...

  4. Identifying Bacterial Isolates for Bioremediation of Microcystin-contaminated Waters

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/ohio-dept-higher-education-projects/bioremediation-algal-blooms

    found in Lake Erie waters and sediments could be used to remove harmful algal toxins from drinking ... Toxin-eating bacteria naturally thrive near harmful algal blooms Principal Investigator Xiaozhen ... conditions found in most water treatment plants. However, bacteria naturally present in lake water and ...

  5. Development Of Microcystin Detoxifying Water Biofilters

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/ohio-dept-higher-education-projects/water-treatment-biofilters-microcystin

    work purifying water. When lakes or reservoirs develop harmful algal blooms, communities have to think ... of harmful algal blooms, water treatment experts are seeking effective and affordable techniques to ... algal blooms in their source waters. Full Project Information Read about the project at the Ohio Sea ...

  6. About Us

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    The initiative began in 2014 after a water quality crisis in Lake Erie due to harmful algal blooms ... affecting the lake. A sister effort, co-led by Ohio State and the University of Toledo, created ...

  7. Social Network Analysis of Lake Erie HABs Stakeholder Groups

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/ohio-dept-higher-education-projects/analysis-habs-stakeholder-groups

    quality collaborations a little easier by mapping connections between groups with a stake in the Lake Erie ... the social connections between important players in the Lake Erie watershed. Those connections will be ... such as harmful algal blooms.  Full Project Information Read about the project at the Ohio Sea Grant ...

  8. Reduce Nutrient Runoff

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/reduce-nutrient-runoff

    Keeping Nutrients on the Land One of the biggest contributors to harmful algal blooms (HABs) in ... the best strategies to reduce phosphorus from farm fields to improve the overall health of Lake Erie ... quality collaborations a little easier by mapping connections between groups with a stake in the Lake Erie ...

  9. Geospatial Data Warehouse For Improved Agricultural Water Quality

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/field-faucet-projects/geospatial-data-improved-water-quality

    Description Determining the cause of water quality issues in Lake Erie is a complicated business, with many ... prevent--harmful algal blooms. Full Project Information Read about the project at the Ohio Sea Grant website.   ...

  10. Prevention Of Cyanobacterial Bloom Formation Using Cyanophages

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/ohio-dept-higher-education-projects/viruses-prevent-cyanobacterial-bloom-formation

    for more than two days. Microcystins are a type of cyanobacteria produced by harmful algal blooms ... A naturally derived method to slow down the formation of harmful algal blooms and treat contaminated water. ... both lake water and water treatment plants. Ingesting water contaminated with microsystins can cause ...

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