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  1. Environmental Professionals Network

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events

    drinking water safe, address public health concerns and engage stakeholders in the process to reduce and ... Chesapeake Bay, Grand Lake St. Marys, and the City of Columbus. Efforts to monitor harmful blooms, keep ... mitigate harmful algal blooms will be addressed by the panel. ...

  2. Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/watershed-management/harmful-algal-blooms

    monitoring, standards for algal toxins for public beaches and drinking water, and requirements for public ... Resources Council) about a new report released by OEPA: Harmful Algal Bloom Response Strategy. Gail explains ... up-to-date information on harmful algal blooms, go to www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/HAB.aspx Download interview ...

  3. NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Summer Harmful Algal Bloom for Western Lake Erie

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/noaa-partners-predict-significant-summer-harmful-algal-bloom-western-lake-erie

    Sciences — are studying harmful algal blooms and how to stop them. Projects include, for example, ... for applying fertilizer and manure. Spurred by an algal bloom-caused water crisis in Toledo in 2014, ... predict that western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, potentially ...

  4. Phosphorous

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1538

    Blue-Green Algae/Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) ODH Health Assessment Fact Sheet- Pond Water ... can increase levels of bacterial and algal activity in water. Too much phosphorus in the water can ... cause algae to grow faster than ecosystems can handle creating an algal bloom. Phosphorous is also used ...

  5. 'State of the Science' Algal Bloom Conference Is Thursday

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/state-science-algal-bloom-conference-thursday

    drinking water, lake ecosystems, recreation and tourism. Features latest on algal bloom research in Ohio “A ... drinking water filters, and links in the U.S. between bloom toxins and public health. Experts say ... TOLEDO, Ohio — More than a dozen Ohio scientists studying harmful algal blooms — the pea-green, ...

  6. 'State of the Science' Algal Bloom Conference Is Thursday

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/state-science-algal-bloom-conference-thursday-0

    drinking water, lake ecosystems, recreation and tourism. Features latest on algal bloom research in Ohio “A ... drinking water filters, and links in the U.S. between bloom toxins and public health. Experts say ... TOLEDO, Ohio — More than a dozen Ohio scientists studying harmful algal blooms — the pea-green, ...

  7. Algal Blooms 101

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/algal-blooms-101

    The harmful algal blooms that manifest on Lake Erie in the summer can be as murky a concept to ... blooms can have beyond the Great Lakes’ banks: Harmful algal blooms are capable of producing toxins that ... commonly known as blooms, resulted in  a three-day shutdown of the city of Toledo’s water supply  in 2014. ...

  8. Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff

    would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “The index provides a long-term, average ... of degradation Ohio’s surface water and is a major contributor to harmful algal blooms, experts say. ... a severe bloom in western Lake Erie shut down Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days. The On-Field ...

  9. Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer

    certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms in Lake ... blooms. Those blooms produce toxins in the water, making it unsafe to swim in or drink. And as the blooms ... Erie and other bodies of water. Phosphorus and nitrogen in fertilizer can trigger the growth of algal ...

  10. Event to Look at Farming, Water Quality, Ohio's Efforts for Both

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/event-look-farming-water-quality-ohios-efforts-both

    fuel the pea-green, sometimes-toxic blooms, which can hurt tourism, property values and drinking water ... Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days that year. It’s done in conjunction with ODA. How much ... Agriculture. But that industry also is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms that have plagued Lake Erie ...

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