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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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'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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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. ...
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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 Ohio Sea Grant Project Helps Determine Lake Erie's Value to Its Residents
https://aede.osu.edu/news/new-ohio-sea-grant-project-helps-determine-lake-eries-value-its-residents
clarity, safe and clean drinking water, and recreational activities like fishing and beachgoing. These ... blooms at your favorite fishing spot?” “The drinking water treatment cost will be based on an engineering ... nature provides to humans,” according to Irwin – when negative events like harmful algal blooms are ...
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Algal blooms cost Ohio homeowners $152 million
https://aede.osu.edu/news/algal-blooms-cost-ohio-homeowners-152-million
algae at the beginning, when they first see news stories about the water being unsafe to drink,” Klaiber ... takeaway is that efforts to prevent and mitigate algal blooms have real, tangible benefits for Ohioans, ... happen if a severe algal bloom—similar in extent to the one experienced in 2011 which covered 45 percent ...