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‘State of the Science’ Algal Bloom Conference Is Thursday
drinking water, lake ecosystems, recreation and tourism. Features latest on algal bloom research in Ohio “A ... home drinking water filters, and links in the U.S. between bloom toxins and public health. Experts say ... Kurt Knebusch TOLEDO, Ohio — More than a dozen Ohio scientists studying harmful algal blooms — the ...
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Field to Faucet Projects
https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/projects/field-faucet-projects
quality issues. Background After harmful algal blooms shut down drinking water for two days in Toledo, OH ... outreach activities designed to deliver end-to-end solutions to harmful algal blooms and other water ... State University. Read more... One-Stop “Shop” for Farmland Data Determining the cause of water quality ...
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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
a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The event’s first panel will ... Practices and Policies to Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms, Post-Toledo.” The event is part of a monthly public ... discussion of key issues and solutions related to all aspects of harmful algal blooms,” said David ...
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The Lake Erie Impairment Designation
https://epn.osu.edu/events/lake-erie-impairment-designation
monitor harmful blooms, keep drinking water safe, address public health concerns and engage stakeholders ... 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 ...
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Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff
https://senr.osu.edu/news/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff
States and Canada. Scientists believe that a reduction of this size would keep algal blooms at safe ... and is a major contributor to harmful algal blooms, experts say. The revised phosphorus risk index can ... phosphorus is significant because harmful algal blooms are dangerous to both the Lake Erie ecosystem and ...
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Event to Look at Farming, Water Quality, Ohio’s Efforts for Both
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/event-look-farming-water-quality-ohio%E2%80%99s-efforts-for-both
Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days that year. It’s done in conjunction with ODA. How much ... of Agriculture. But that industry also is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms that have plagued ... help fuel the pea-green, sometimes-toxic blooms, which can hurt tourism, property values and drinking ...
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Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer
of algal blooms. Those blooms produce toxins in the water, making it unsafe to swim in or drink. And ... be certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms ... as the blooms decompose, they take oxygen from the water, depleting the supply available for other ...
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Specialist hopes to demystify algal blooms during Farm Science Review session
that cause them, factors that contribute to blooms, and how to keep family and pets safe from possible ... September 4, 2012 LONDON, Ohio — Potentially harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have become more ... prevalent throughout Ohio in recent years. These blooms on public waters have drawn much attention in the ...
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Martin to lead Field to Faucet water program, has ‘ability to bring people together’
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 ... many minds. Jay has the ability to bring people together.”—Bruce McPheron Safe water, productive ...
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CFAES names director of new Water Quality Initiative
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-names-director-new-water-quality-initiative
harmful algal blooms, joins CFAES from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, where she was state ... harmful algal bloom (HAB) coordinator and lead hydrogeologist. She was also recently elected to serve on ... the National HAB Committee. Harmful algal blooms are the often pea-green, sometimes-toxic slime ...