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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    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 use of cover crops and ... nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and Buckeye Lake will find that ...

  4. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes.  The technology being ... blooms on entire lakes as large as Lake Erie, she said. But the technology could potentially be used to ... treat streams entering those lakes, including Lake Erie.  “The sooner you can start cleaning the water ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. New App Helps Farmers Know When to Spray or Spread

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-app-helps-farmers-know-when-spray-or-spread

    the time. For example, the Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership sets laws that prohibit farmers from ... Erie, you have a greater potential for harmful algal blooms,” Wilson said. “This is detrimental to the ... fertilizer and pesticide is actually acting upon their crops, then it’s difficult to predict growth. The app ...

  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. Farmers need to gear up for more rain

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-need-gear-more-rain

    said. In 2017, Lake Erie recorded its third largest harmful algal bloom ever reported. Phosphorus runoff ... of nutrients, such as phosphorous and nitrogen, entering Lake Erie and other bodies of water, Wilson ... is a main driver of the lake’s blooms. Farmers might want to look into other measures – such as ...

  10. 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.   ...

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