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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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Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
experience a smaller than average harmful algal bloom (HAB) this summer, which would make it less severe ... to human and wildlife health. Such blooms may force cities and local governments to treat drinking ... boating and visiting the shoreline. The size of a bloom isn’t necessarily an indication of how toxic it ...
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Identifying The Best Strategy To Reduce Phosphorus Loads To Lake Erie From Agricultural Watersheds
Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. A research team led by Greg LaBarge, an Ohio State ... harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Full Project Information Read about the project at the Ohio Sea Grant ... chance to find out how much Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus (DRP) in pounds per acre is leaving their field ...
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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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CFAES Research Conference Is Friday, Will Focus on Water Quality
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-research-conference-is-friday-will-focus-water-quality
water quality. Phosphorus from fertilizer and manure runoff is one of the causes of the harmful algal ... blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies in recent years. The blooms have hurt tourism, ... presentations on their research, including efforts to evaluate algal blooms’ economic impacts, reduce the ...
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Heather Raymond, MPA
https://research.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/people/heather-raymond-mpa
blooms, joins CFAES from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, where she was state harmful algal bloom ... representing the largest concentration of such expertise in Ohio. Harmful algal blooms, stormwater runoff, ... drinking water safety, and septic systems are some of the many areas of focus. As leader of the ...
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Gypsum Spread on Farms Could Help Keep Water Clean, Not Green
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/gypsum-spread-farms-could-help-keep-water-clean-not-green
soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other ... drinking water ban in Toledo. Warren Dick, a scientist in Ohio State University’s College of Food, ... A harmful algal bloom covers parts of western Lake Erie in a satellite photo taken Aug. 1. Toledo, located ...
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Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms
that a drop of this magnitude would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “With ... aggressive adoption of best management practices, it is possible to reduce harmful algal blooms to safe ... Suzanne Steel COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ...
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Algal Bloom Action Team Receives Outstanding Regional Collaboration Achievement Award
The North Central Region Water Network’s Algal Bloom Action Team has received an Outstanding ... learned about emergent harmful algal bloom research and facilitated outreach on the subject. Eugene Braig, ... January 2021. More than 1,000 Extension professionals, researchers, and water professionals nationwide ...