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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 ...
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Harmful Algal Blooms Impacting Landowner Ponds and Small Lakes
July 26, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Harmful algal blooms, like those affecting Grand Lake St. Marys, ... harmful algal blooms in landowner ponds and lakes as we are seeing in Grand Lake St. Marys," said ... and children away from ponds or lakes suspected of being contaminated with harmful algal blooms. Scum ...
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The Lake Erie Impairment Designation
https://epn.osu.edu/events/lake-erie-impairment-designation
in the process to reduce and mitigate harmful algal blooms will be addressed by the panel. WELCOMING ... PROGRAM OVERVIEW For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie ... waters of Lake Erie met federal and state water quality goals, as well as key lessons learned from water ...
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New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change
drains into the western basin of Lake Erie, where harmful algal blooms are common during the summer ... examine how people’s actions in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie. Researchers from six ... impact water quality in Lake Erie, how public perception of the health of the lake may influence those ...
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Jay Martin to Lead Field to 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 ...
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Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to 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 ...
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Natural Infrastructure Director
water for an additional five million Ohioans. The five worst harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie have ... nutrients. With Lake Erie to the north and the Ohio River to the south, our region is rich in water ... resources. Lake Erie provides drinking water for 11 million people, and the Ohio River provides drinking ...
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Farmer Views on Nutrient Loss, Water Quality to Be Discussed at Farm Science Review
Natural Systems Program Grant No. 1114934. A related presentation, “Harmful algal blooms (HABs) — What ... Lake Erie are engaged in best management practices and generally concerned about nutrient loss, said ... who contribute to and are most impacted by environmental issues. The Western Basin of Lake Erie has ...
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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 ...
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Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality
tourism due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie ... Grand Lake St. Marys and the Western Lake Erie Basin, two of Ohio’s most problematic watersheds. ... November 6, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in ...