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  1. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes.  The technology being ... to combat Ohio’s harmful algae will be tested in the lab, in test ponds, and in several state lakes ... blooms on entire lakes as large as Lake Erie, she said. But the technology could potentially be used to ...

  2. Great Lakes Scientist says, “If We Lose The EPA, We Lose Lake Erie”

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/news/great-lakes-scientist-says-%E2%80%9Cif-we-lose-epa-we-lose-lake-erie%E2%80%9D

    phosphorous run-off from farms that use fertilizers and manure. Click here to read more about Lake Erie algal ... At the 8 th  Binational Meeting of the Lake Erie Millennium Network, 125 scientists gathered at ... warmest and shallowest of the Great Lakes: Lake Erie. One of the biggest threats the scientists are ...

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

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet-and-global-water-initiative

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – While some would say people are the problem behind Lake Erie’s harmful algal ... and other universities across Ohio to address harmful algal blooms. WRITER(S):  Suzanne Steel ... Engineering. For the past 10 years, he has focused on the Lake Erie basin, again in concert with researchers ...

  4. Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ecosystem — such ... Lake Erie Basin, where most of the dangerous algal blooms occur. Information from the study could ... a drop of this magnitude would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “With aggressive ...

  5. Landscape Faculty/Student Design Collaboration Leads to Possible Patent

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/news/landscape-facultystudent-design-collaboration-leads-possible-patent

    a forest of trees in Lake Erie, Toledo, to reduce harmful algal blooms. Two years later that collaborative ... prototype was based on its applicability. In 2014, algal blooms shut down the water supply to 400,000 people ... in the Toledo area. Those blooms, which now occur every year in many of Ohio’s lakes and reservoirs, ...

  6. Floating Aquatic Habitats

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/research-and-education/floating-aquatic-habitats

    to float a forest of trees in Lake Erie, Toledo, to reduce harmful algal blooms. Two years later that ... prototype was based on its applicability. In 2014, algal blooms shut down the water supply to 400,000 people ... in the Toledo area. Those blooms, which now occur every year in many of Ohio’s lakes and reservoirs, ...

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

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. In August, toxins from ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. “The use of cover crops and ... nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and Buckeye Lake will find that ...

  8. Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/updating-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index-generating-positive-initial-results

    in the degradation of Ohio surface water and contributes to harmful algal blooms. “Our intention is ... Scioto, Grand Lake St. Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds. To date, the project has collected ... harming Ohio agricultural production.”  The project includes runoff monitoring on 29 farm fields in the ...

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

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

    to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. “Since we ... on the link between phosphorus, harmful algal blooms and agriculture; best management practices for ...

  10. Nutrient Management Algae Control Legislation

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/nutrient-management-algae-control-legislation

    applied.  Since both of these pieces of legislation are written for the Western Lake Erie basin, is there ... defined as nitrogen or phosphorous, in the western Lake Erie basin on frozen ground, saturated soil, and ... nonpoint sources in the Lake Erie and Ohio River basins.  The House bill does not contain this or a similar ...

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