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NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Summer Harmful Algal Bloom for 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 ...
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The Lake Erie Impairment Designation
https://epn.osu.edu/events/lake-erie-impairment-designation
monitor harmful blooms, keep drinking water safe, address public health concerns and engage stakeholders ... in the process to reduce and mitigate harmful algal blooms will be addressed by the panel. WELCOMING ... PROGRAM OVERVIEW For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie ...
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'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, ...
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'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, ...
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Ohio State PLOTS is here! Download it today!
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2016-31/ohio-state-plots-here-download-it-today
and other water quality issues. The initiative began after the numerous algal blooms that occurred in ... Lake Erie, causing hundreds of thousands of residents to be without safe drinking water. Field to ... Faucet aims to keep farmers productive and profitable, while helping to ensure clean drinking water ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Environmental Professional Network Breakfast- Ag & Water Quality Issues
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/environmental-professional-network-breakfast-ag-water-quality-issues
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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New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields
it by the year 2025. Experts think that such a reduction will keep the lake’s blooms at safe levels. ... contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, $5 million study that ... a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are sometimes toxic, are often ...