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Martin to lead Field to Faucet water program, has ‘ability to bring people together’
Lake Erie shut down Toledo’s water supply for two days last summer. Microcystin is a toxin made by ... quality program. A response to last summer’s Toledo water crisis and the ongoing harmful algal bloom ... problems in Lake Erie and other lakes, the new program aims to ensure safe drinking water for all Ohioans ...
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‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative
of Toledo awoke to the news that parents could not draw water from their taps for their children. ... systems In early August, toxins produced by a harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie caused a two-day ... drinking water ban in Toledo. Toledo draws its drinking water from the lake. Experts say soluble phosphorus ...
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Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too
toxins from a western Lake Erie algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think such ... algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. The issue made headlines in summer 2014 when ... to Toledo’s water crisis, CFAES last year established a new comprehensive water quality program. ...
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Field to Faucet making strides in improving Ohio’s water quality
microcystin levels in Lake Erie and shut down Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days in August 2014. The ... initiative includes research, training and education, all designed to ensure safe drinking water while ... address the water quality problem and accelerate our research to reduce the amount of nutrients coming off ...
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Manure practices, not glamorous, can be a star for both food crops and water
fertilizer and manure is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. Lake ... important.”—David White Keeping phosphorus, algae out of water Manure Science Review featured, for example, ... technologies that can help keep rivers, lakes and streams clean, said David White, executive director of the ...
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Do algae affect what fish see? Science angles for answers
how that ability is influenced by changes in water clarity. They hope the research will help Lake ... are in SENR. There’s a citizen science component to the research, too, based on Lake Erie charter ... Researchers from CFAES are studying how well fish can see both prey and predators underwater, and ...
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Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/understanding-algal-blooms-state-science-conference
are caused by a combination of warm water temperatures and high concentrations of phosphorus in the ... water. The blooms can produce dangerous toxins, such as microcystin. Toledo residents lost access to ... 100 farmers representing 5,000 acres in the Western Lake Erie Basin to measure how much dissolved ...
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Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down
western Lake Erie and other water bodies. To contact the scientist: Elizabeth Dayton at dayton.15@osu.edu. ... Ohio’s counties from 1993 through 2015, according to recent research by CFAES scientists. Their findings, ... which came through the college’s Field to Faucet initiative, represent good news for Ohioans concerned ...
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Water Quality
https://oardc.osu.edu/impacts/water-quality
algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. Researchers at The Ohio State ... University are working to solve this problem and improve Ohio’s water quality by helping farmers continue to ... http://oardc.osu.edu/sites/oardc/files/imce/files/OARDC_impacts/WaterQuality.pdf ...
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Study: Spreading gypsum on farms can help keep water clean, not green
Dick’s research is taking place on farms in the Maumee River watershed, Lake Erie’s largest tributary, ... of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. Gypsum, when spread on a farm field, ... not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water. OARDC scientist Warren Dick is two years ...