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Beach Monitoring Practices Webinar
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events/beach-monitoring-practices-webinar
It's summer and that means it's beach season. When it comes to recreational lakes and ... swimmable waters in the North Central Region, beach monitoring is an ongoing challenge for water resource ... managers and outreach professionals. Tune into this month's edition of The Current webinar as we hear ...
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Bill Mitsch Presentation at Audubon Center
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events/bill-mitsch-presentation-audubon-center
Dr. Rebecca Swab, Conservation Manager, Grange Insurance Audubon center 7:05 Nat Miller, Director of ... Conservation for National Audubon Society’s Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Flyway. Great Lakes Marsh Bird ... Fifty-Year History After the Original Earth Day- Solving Water Pollution and Climate Change Issues with ...
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The Lake
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/422/lake
"lakes"- lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Generally, a pond is a body of water no larger than about ten acres ... in size, whereas a lake can be several hundred or thousands of acres in size- like Lake Erie ... provide water for human consumption and recreation. All of Ohio's lakes have water flowing in and ...
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Watershed Management
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/422/watershed-management
attempts to improve water quality. This whole-system approach is called watershed management, and it ... developed a watershed management plan to address water resources problems specific to their location. ... the local water resource. Volunteers play a key role in many watershed management programs where they ...
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New Survey Shows the Need for Investing in People for Clean Water
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/news/new-survey-shows-need-investing-people-clean-water
Central Region Water Network (NCRWN), just released a new report of a survey that assessed the ... major insights from the survey: https://northcentralwater.org/new-survey-shows-the-value-of-and-need-for-investing-in-people-for-clean-water ... and stories to help tap the true human potential for achieving clean water in the Midwest. We launched ...
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Headwaters
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/422/headwaters
as springs. Most of the water you will see later in the lakes and rivers downstream is the result of ... Here you will notice that we are at the highest point in the watershed where the water that falls ... feet wide. The land here is often steep and the water may run fast, forming small waterfalls and pools. ...
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The Wetlands
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/422/wetlands
talking about a very shallow pond or lake. So shallow, in fact, that much of the vegetation in the wetland ... emerges from the surface of the water. The water level in a wetland can vary greatly over a short period ... are often likened to giant sponges, because the water that flows into a wetland is often stored for ...
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Middle Reaches
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/422/middle-reaches
flat area is called the floodplain, and when the creek overflows it dumps sediments from the water onto ... the water runs fast and turbulent over a gravel bottom. Certain kinds of small fish and insects have ... in the middle reaches can have a major impact on the water and its inhabitants. For instance, if ...
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For Media
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/know-your-well-water/media
and Ground Water Jeffrey Patzke, Manager, Water Quality Characterization and Protection Section ... We have resources and expertise that can be used to help promote the Know Your Well Water website ... For questions related to private water systems in Ohio, contact the Ohio Department of Health: Rachel ...
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For Well Owners
https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/know-your-well-water/well-owners
and protect your well water. Test The first step in caring for your well water is to have it tested. ... If you are visiting this site and have not had your water tested, you should arrange to have your ... water tested through a state certified water testing laboratory. A list of certified labs is available ...