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  1. Chow Line: How to tell if your tap water is clean, safe

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/chow-line-how-tell-if-your-tap-water-is-clean-safe

    Martha Filipic My kids drink a lot of water, but with all the news about lead in water supplies, ... I am concerned about its safety. Just how safe are city water supplies for children? Generally ... important to be certain it’s safe. Lead can get into a home’s drinking water from metal water taps, interior ...

  2. For Youth in 4-H, a Deep Dive Into Science of Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/for-youth-in-4-h-deep-dive-science-water

    visiting the Greater Cincinnati Water Works treatment plant to learn the entire drinking water purification ... the project’s developers. Last August, toxins from a Lake Erie algal bloom led that city to ban tap ... nutrient runoff into lakes and streams — a cause of harmful algal blooms like the one that hurt Toledo ...

  3. How and why to keep phosphorus on no-till fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/how-and-why-keep-phosphorus-no-till-fields

    it phosphorus in a form that can be readily available to produce algal blooms downstream, said Warren ... the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie every summer is phosphorus that runs off farm fields with ... erode, sending soil and the components of fertilizer, including phosphorus, downstream, a threat to water ...

  4. Impacts

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    examining how to keep food safe and taking the lead on reducing the billions of pounds of food wasted ... harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. Researchers at The Ohio ... Research and Development Center (OARDC). Stopping pests — diseases, insects or weeds — is one way Ohio ...

  5. Using nanobubbles to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/newsletter/may-june-2023/cfaes-impact-may-june-2023/using-nanobubbles-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    CFAES researchers are testing a new method to kill harmful algal blooms—using ozone nanobubbles. ... St. Marys, Ohio—both of which have a history of severe algal blooms—are promising. The technology ... the water, the ozone can kill unwanted algae, destroy toxins, and boost oxygen levels, said Heather ...

  6. Panel to Discuss Manure Storage Options, Benefits to Farms and Water

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/panel-discuss-manure-storage-options-benefits-farms-and-water

    a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes and streams. Lake Erie will again ... have a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... a panel organizer and nutrient management specialist with the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District. ...

  7. New Midwest Cover Crops Guide Available to Help Growers Improve Water Quality, Soil Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-midwest-cover-crops-guide-available-help-growers-improve-water-quality-soil

    recent years. In August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... Guide that can help growers learn how to improve the state’s water quality while improving soil health, ... runoff from farms is an important cause of harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in ...

  8. Learn About World’s Largest Water Quality Trading Program

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/learn-about-world%E2%80%99s-largest-water-quality-trading-program

    bodies can help reduce or prevent algal blooms and low-oxygen “dead zones.” Both the Ohio River and Lake ... Erie suffered record-setting algal blooms last summer. Speaking at the event will be: Jessica Fox, ... Water Quality Trading Program” is from 7:15 to 9:40 a.m. Feb. 23 in the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau ...

  9. More Than 10,000 Ohio Farmers Have Received Water Quality Training

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/more-10000-ohio-farmers-have-received-water-quality-training

    farms is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in ... on the link between phosphorus, harmful algal blooms and agriculture; best management practices for ... in the problem and how they can help improve water quality through the techniques and practices we ...

  10. Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    other lakes. In August, toxins from a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... say phosphorus runoff from farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and ... “Farmers wanting to keep nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and ...

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