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  1. Oct. 14: How to Stop Algal Blooms, Keep Drinking Water Safe

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/oct-14-how-stop-algal-blooms-keep-drinking-water-safe

    revise Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index. Farmers use the index to plan their fertilizer applications. Steve ... are the focus of an Oct. 14 program called “Ohio’s Water Resources and Citizens at Risk: Ag-related ... Kurt Knebusch COLUMBUS, Ohio-- In the wake of this summer’s Toledo water crisis, Jeff Reutter ...

  2. Ohio State Report Evaluates Options for Reducing Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-report-evaluates-options-for-reducing-lake-erie%E2%80%99s-harmful-algal-blooms

    phosphorus, which includes dissolved reactive phosphorus, lower oxygen levels in the lake and result in the ... reduction goals for dissolved reactive phosphorus. These results point to the need to further increase ... a higher potential of reducing phosphorus runoff. While this approach will result in accelerated gains in ...

  3. Water: the next generation’s oil?

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/water-the-next-generation%E2%80%99s-oil

    water quality, here are a few initiatives underway at Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and ... contact for Ohio State’s participation in the Ohio Phosphorus Task Force, a group of university, agency ... refine the phosphorous risk index and help farmers apply nutrients in a more precise fashion. She is ...

  4. Good Weather, Innovation Drive Farm Science Review Attendance

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/good-weather-innovation-drive-farm-science-review-attendance

    CFAES luncheon. An update on the College’s Field 2 Faucet water quality initiative, Ohio State’s program ... update on Zika in Ohio – While the mosquito known as the main carrier of Zika virus doesn’t live in Ohio ... Tracy Turner LONDON, Ohio – Sunny skies and warm temperatures ushered in strong attendance at the ...

  5. Experts Predict Smaller Lake Erie Algal Bloom This Summer

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-predict-smaller-lake-erie-algal-bloom-summer

    health risks to people, especially if they get into drinking water. Excessive phosphorus, a nutrient ... PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Experts are predicting that Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom this summer will be ... mild bloom in 2016. The bloom is expected to measure 6 on the severity index, but could range between ...

  6. Moderate summer harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/moderate-summer-harmful-algal-bloom-predicted-for-western-lake-erie

    address water quality issues through the  H2Ohio initiative  and the research being funded through the ... Ohio Department of Higher Education’s  Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative  are important parts of ... Jill Jentes Banicki COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its ...

  7. Experts: Smaller Algal Bloom Predicted For Western Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-smaller-algal-bloom-predicted-for-western-lake-erie

    leading to more normal discharge from the Maumee River. As a result, there is less phosphorus entering ... Jill Jentes Banicki Tracy Turner COLUMBUS, Ohio – Harmful algal blooms are expected to be lower ... need to reduce phosphorus and other nutrients from fertilizer, manure and sewage remains,” said Chris ...

  8. NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Summer Harmful Algal Bloom for Western Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/noaa-partners-predict-significant-summer-harmful-algal-bloom-for-western-lake-erie

    Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative, or HABRI. Ohio Sea Grant released the report two days ... Jill Jentes Banicki Kurt Knebusch COLUMBUS, Ohio — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... record bloom of 2015. This year’s bloom is expected to measure 7.5 on the severity index but could range ...

  9. Experts to Review State of the Science for Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-review-state-the-science-for-harmful-algal-blooms

    how much dissolved reactive phosphorus leaves individual fields so they can target high-risk fields ... Suzanne Steel TOLEDO, Ohio – Fourteen leaders in the fight against harmful algal blooms will ... concentrations of phosphorus in the water. The blooms can produce dangerous toxins, such as microcystin. Toledo ...

  10. Ohio State Economist: Taxing Phosphorus Could Reduce Risk of Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-economist-taxing-phosphorus-could-reduce-risk-algal-blooms

    blooms that stem from phosphorus, an Ohio State University environmental economist suggests an economic ... and Ohio State University Extension, and he leads Ohio State’s Environmental Policy Initiative. In ... quality as the cost of phosphorus has increased. “As a result of higher phosphorus prices in 2005 to 2010, ...

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