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  1. 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. ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Environmental Professionals Network Breakfast Presentation- September 12

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/environmental-professionals-network-breakfast-presentation-september-12

    Farmer Solutions Since the Toledo Harmful Algal Bloom-induced drinking water shutdown, researchers, ... September 12 Agriculture and Water Quality Issues-- OSU Research and Agency Initiatives Guide ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Webinar: The Economics of Water Pollution Control: The Case of Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/events/webinar-economics-water-pollution-control-case-harmful-algal-blooms

    Basin. An overview of economic instruments to control algal blooms, such as taxes, water quality trading, ... algal blooms. In particular, the webinar will provide the following: A discussion of the economic ... dangers of harmful algal blooms. An evaluation of traditional conservation practices in the Maumee River ...

  6. Drinking Water Regulations

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-423

    this, the United States Congress first passed the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974. The act charged the ... ultimately responsible for providing safe water and complying with the regulations. Drinking Water Standards ... The Safe Drinking Water Act sets requirements for treatment, monitoring and reporting by public water ...

  7. Researchers: Toledo Water Crisis Impacted Perceptions of Lake Erie Algae Causes

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/researchers-toledo-water-crisis-impacted-perceptions-lake-erie-algae-causes

    water from the Toledo municipal water supply due to the presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, ... growth of harmful algal blooms. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation through ... the source of the city’s water. The blooms resulted in the city water containing more than double the ...

  8. Webinars

    https://aede.osu.edu/programs/environmental-policy-initiative-0/webinars

    Webinars 9/30/14: The Economics of Water Pollution Control: The Case of Harmful Algal Blooms ... the economics of water pollution control through the lens of harmful algal blooms. In particular, the ... instruments to control algal blooms, such as taxes, water quality trading, and phosphorus limits. Associated ...

  9. Webinar on Sept. 30 to Examine the Economics of Water Pollution Control

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/webinar-sept-30-examine-economics-water-pollution-control

    discuss the use of economic instruments to control algal blooms, such as taxes, water quality trading, and ... pollution control, looking specifically at the case of harmful algal blooms, on Tuesday, September 30 th ... Ohio State’s Environmental Policy Initiative will hold a webinar focused on the economics of water ...

  10. Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812

    algal blooms (HABs) can have a significant impact on water quality, which effects human health, the ... Merchant-Masonbrink. 2011. Harmful Algal Blooms in Ohio Waters. Ohio Sea Grant, The Ohio State University. PDF. ... ohioseagrant.osu.edu/products/ab280/habs-in-ohio-waters. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). n.d. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the ...

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