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  1. Concerned About Lead in Water? Here Are Steps You Can Take

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/concerned-about-lead-in-water-here-are-steps-you-can-take

    specialist with The Ohio State University. “Public water systems in the U.S. have to provide safe drinking ... Mancl has also written two Extension bulletins, Water Systems for Small Communities and Safe Drinking ... amended the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1996, they felt so strongly about public communication that they ...

  2. Ohio Colleges and Universities Invited to Submit Pre-Proposals for Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-colleges-and-universities-invited-submit-pre-proposals-for-harmful-algal-bloom

    Agency, and the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. “The Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative demonstrates how ... universities as part of the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative ... with key agency personnel that are working on harmful algal bloom related issues: Ohio Department of ...

  3. Manure Science Review Slated Aug. 12: How to Maximize Crop Benefits, Minimize Water Risks

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/manure-science-review-slated-aug-12-how-maximize-crop-benefits-minimize-water-risks

    algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think the blooms are fueled by excess ... Faucet, it aims to ensure safe water for all Ohioans while keeping the state’s farms productive and ... nutrient runoff is in the spotlight due to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. ...

  4. Tax or Subsidy? How to Reduce Lake Erie Phosphorus Sources

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tax-or-subsidy-how-reduce-lake-erie-phosphorus-sources

    of harmful algal blooms, which poisoned Toledo’s drinking water in 2014 and impact the lake’s ... treatment and fishing charter businesses that lose income when algal blooms are severe. Sohngen presented ... to harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie as well as in Ohio’s inland lakes including Grand Lake St. ...

  5. EPN Hosting Program on Lead in Ohio’s Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/epn-hosting-program-lead-in-ohio%E2%80%99s-water

    Kurt Knebusch COLUMBUS, Ohio — The safety of Ohio’s drinking water will be in the spotlight during ... Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, will present “Lead in ... Drinking Water: Ohio Leads the Way. What More Is Needed?” as part of the program, which goes from 7:15 to ...

  6. Sept. 30 Webinar to Examine Economics of Controlling Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/sept-30-webinar-examine-economics-controlling-algal-blooms

    control algal blooms, such as taxes, water quality trading and phosphorus limits. “The Economics of Water ... control, particularly regarding harmful algal blooms, in an hourlong webinar on Sept. 30 at noon. “Despite ... webinar. The webinar will address the economic dangers of harmful algal blooms, offer an evaluation of the ...

  7. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    about to begin on a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes.  The ... harmful algae and possibly help cut off the algae’s food supply, thus preventing future blooms.   How well ... the water are still safe to those at the bottom of the food chain,” Antinone said. Additional testing ...

  8. Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet and Global Water Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet-and-global-water-initiative

    Field to Faucet, a water quality program launched by The Ohio State University to ensure safe drinking ... harmful algal blooms, Jay Martin will tell you they’re the solution. Martin was recently chosen to lead ... algal blooms. Jay Martin 614-247-6133 martin.1130@osu.edu   Extension Faculty and Staff OARDC ...

  9. New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-from-elevated-phosphorus-fields

    higher risk of contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, ... farm fields is a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are ... sometimes toxic, are often many miles wide, and threaten recreation, tourism, drinking water safety and ...

  10. NOAA, partners predict severe harmful algal bloom for Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/noaa-partners-predict-severe-harmful-algal-bloom-for-lake-erie

    blooms include a higher cost for cities and local governments to treat their drinking water, as well as ... to the serious nature of harmful algal blooms in America’s waters,” said Jeff Reutter, Ph.D., senior ... western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom season will be among the most severe in recent years and could ...

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