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Identifying Bacterial Isolates for Bioremediation of Microcystin-contaminated Waters
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 ...
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Clean Water for Ohio: New Partners, Projects, Funding are Growing Field to Faucet
college funding toward the effort after harmful algal blooms caused dangerous microcystin levels in Lake ... researchers to better monitor harmful algal blooms in lakes and agricultural ponds. · Edge of field ... algal blooms if proper timing, placement and rates are not used. Too much nitrogen can cause dead zones ...
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Tips and Events for the Week of June 25
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tips-and-events-for-the-week-june-25
Zimmerly or Paul Snyder, 330-263-3761, or go.osu.edu/CSxX. 12 Lake Erie Algal Bloom Forecast, 11 a.m. to ... Atmospheric Administration summer forecast for Lake Erie harmful algal blooms. Nutrient loading projections, ... Jessica D’Ambrosio, Western Lake Erie project director, The Nature Conservancy, Ohio. 8 p.m. Guest lecture ...
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CFAES Researcher Part of New Project Studying Conservation Incentives, Farming Practices
Great Lakes algal blooms, ‘dead zones’ Since 2010, the GLRI has provided farmers in the Great Lakes ... blooms and oxygen-free “dead zones” in the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie. Key among those nutrients ... data from four Great Lakes watersheds, including Lake Erie’s Maumee River watershed in northwest Ohio, ...
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Development Of Microcystin Detoxifying Water Biofilters
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 ...
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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 ...
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Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields
say phosphorus runoff from 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 ... “Farmers wanting to keep nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and ...
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NW Ohio Farmers: Sign Up for Project Designed to Improve Ohio Water Quality
cause of harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in recent years. In August 2014, ... a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The project involves ... reducing loss of phosphorus, LaBarge said. Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is an important ...
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CFAES names director of new Water Quality Initiative
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-names-director-new-water-quality-initiative
harmful algal blooms, joins CFAES from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, where she was state ... harmful algal bloom (HAB) coordinator and lead hydrogeologist. She was also recently elected to serve on ... the National HAB Committee. Harmful algal blooms are the often pea-green, sometimes-toxic slime ...
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Study: Most Farmers Willing to Take More Steps to Improve Water Quality
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/study-most-farmers-willing-take-more-steps-improve-water-quality
Lake Erie has experienced large algal blooms in recent years that threaten the economy of the region. ... reducing dissolved reactive phosphorus loading into Lake Erie tributaries, Wilson said. Some of these ... educated and more resistant to change, and also tend to operate farms farther away from Lake Erie, she ...