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  1. Water Quality Wednesday

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/events/water-quality-wednesday

    effects’ on Lake Erie and the recent algal blooms it has experienced. Time for a Question-and-Answer ...

  2. Ohio State Improving Water Quality, One Farm at a Time

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-improving-water-quality-one-farm-time

    in Lake Erie’s waters. Microcystin is a toxin made by certain harmful algal blooms. ·      A sensor ... creating a tri-state cost-share program to help protect water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie ... around Grand Lake St. Marys in western Ohio, where there are a large number of livestock farms. ·      ...

  3. College Putting Emphasis on Water Quality, Implications for Farming, Society

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/college-putting-emphasis-water-quality-implications-for-farming-society

    power plants on farm fields can keep soluble phosphorus, the main nutrient feeding harmful algal blooms ... in Lake Erie, from getting washed from the soil by heavy rains, then running off into streams and ... rely on pristine water quality. And it's an issue for the fishing and recreation industry in Lake ...

  4. New Law on Fertilizer and Manure Applications Explained

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-law-fertilizer-and-manure-applications-explained

    week intended to control algae production in Lake Erie and its western basin can find a detailed ... explanation in a blog post written by an agricultural law expert and a manure expert with the College of Food, ... application restrictions in the western basin Manure application restrictions in the western basin Exemptions ...

  5. How and why to keep phosphorus on no-till fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/how-and-why-keep-phosphorus-no-till-fields

    the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie every summer is phosphorus that runs off farm fields with ... it phosphorus in a form that can be readily available to produce algal blooms downstream, said Warren ... lakes by not tilling fields, but we have also seen an increase in our soluble phosphorus going into ...

  6. Rain, Rain, Will It Ever Go Away?

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/rain-rain-will-it-ever-go-away

    soggy fields and for the water quality of Lake Erie that’s affected by pollution sources including rain ... Erie, which many municipalities rely on for their drinking water. In the summer of 2017, Lake Erie ... ’s algal bloom level was classified as severe. “I think that’s why farmers are working really hard on ...

  7. WMAO Water Luncheon Seminar; Algae, Rmote Sensing, and Lake Erie

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events/wmao-water-luncheon-seminar-algae-rmote-sensing-and-lake-erie

    Bloom: Algae, Remote Sensing, and Lake Erie" at the Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland ...

  8. Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training Workshop Offered Aug. 29

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/fertilizer-applicator-certification-training-workshop-offered-aug-29

    Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms plaguing ... Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. “Our goal is to offer farmers more information on ...

  9. Workshop to Focus on Keeping Phosphorus in Soil to Prevent Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/workshop-focus-keeping-phosphorus-in-soil-prevent-algal-blooms

    blooms. Major water quality problems have occurred in Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other Ohio water ... resources in recent years.  Within these aquatic ecosystems, harmful organisms in the form of algal blooms ... Application Field Day July 18, offered by experts with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, ...

  10. Sept. 30 Webinar to Examine Economics of Controlling Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/sept-30-webinar-examine-economics-controlling-algal-blooms

    control, particularly regarding harmful algal blooms, in an hourlong webinar on Sept. 30 at noon. “Despite ... webinar. The webinar will address the economic dangers of harmful algal blooms, offer an evaluation of the ... control algal blooms, such as taxes, water quality trading and phosphorus limits. “The Economics of Water ...

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