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  1. Field to Faucet making strides in improving Ohio’s water quality

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/january-february-2016/field-faucet-making-strides-improving-ohio

    initiative includes research, training and education, all designed to ensure safe drinking water while ... agricultural lands and municipal sources and to maintain safe drinking water for cities like Toledo.” Video: ... put $1 million in college funding toward the effort after harmful algal blooms caused dangerous ...

  2. 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. ...

  3. Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/understanding-algal-blooms-state-science-conference

    prevent and predict harmful algal blooms and how to remove their toxins from drinking water. Hosted by ... drinking water for two days in August 2014 due to high microcystin levels. Presenters will focus on how to ... Fourteen leaders in the fight against harmful algal blooms will convene in Toledo on Sept. 15 to ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Martin to lead Field to Faucet water program, has ‘ability to bring people together’

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2015/martin-lead-field-faucet-water-program-has-

    quality program. A response to last summer’s Toledo water crisis and the ongoing harmful algal bloom ... problems in Lake Erie and other lakes, the new program aims to ensure safe drinking water for all Ohioans ... many minds. Jay has the ability to bring people together.”—Bruce McPheron Safe water, productive ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2015/seeing-and-using-good-manure-and-keeping

    algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. The issue made headlines in summer 2014 when ... toxins from a western Lake Erie algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think such ... Called Field to Faucet, it aims to ensure safe water for all Ohioans while keeping the state’s farms ...

  8. ‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/%E2%80%98toledo-was-wakeup-call%E2%80%99-dean-announces

    of Toledo awoke to the news that parents could not draw water from their taps for their children. ... and to ensure clean drinking water across Ohio. Video: CFAES Communications. “Ohio State University, ... systems In early August, toxins produced by a harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie caused a two-day ...

  9. Important Issues in Water Quality and Nutrient Placement Conference

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/important-issues-water-quality-and-nutrient-placement-conference

    a hot topic because seldom does a day go by without a news article on water issues such as algal blooms ... How to improve water quality across the region will be discussed by Ohio State University ... incorporating or broadcasting them and how to reduce erosion of streambanks,” Reeder said. “Water quality is ...

  10. Do algae affect what fish see? Science angles for answers

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2016/do-algae-affect-what-fish-see-science

    how that ability is influenced by changes in water clarity. They hope the research will help Lake ... Erie’s fisheries, especially its sport fishery, adapt to algal blooms that reduce underwater visibility, ... some way by changes to the visual environment that happen with the algal blooms in the late summer and ...

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