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Protecting Americas Water from Harmful Algal Blooms by Ellen

Gilinsky
o 2.5 million acres of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds have poor water
quality because of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution.
http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o Algal blooms can produce toxic compounds at levels of concern for
human health and the environment. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o The EPA estimates that 30-48 million people use drinking water from
lakes and reservoirs that may be vulnerable to algal toxin
contamination.
o Nutrient pollution and the algal blooms it helps cause are hurting
businesses and jobs that depend on clean water. Learn more:
http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
Building Public Awareness About HABs and Nutrient Pollution by
Antonio Bravo
o The EPA is working to further engage and educate the public about the
effects of nutrient pollution and algal blooms.

Read about the EPAs efforts to raise awareness about algal blooms
and their impact on communities. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o Learn more on the EPAs work to reduce nutrient pollution:
http://go.usa.gov/3sQK5
o Check out the EPAs efforts to engage and educate the public about
harmful algal blooms: http://go.usa.gov/3sQkG
Photo Contest Engages Public with Harmful Algal Blooms by Rebecca
Long, Jennifer L. Graham, and Sarah Blount
o A vital first step in building public awareness about algal blooms is
helping the public recognize what it looks like.
o

View photos from the 2014 Algal

Bloom Photo
contest, please visit the NEEFs
website at:
http://bit.ly/1wd4pCf
o When algal blooms take over a
water body,
they can produce extremely
dangerous
toxins that can sicken or kill people
and animals.
Harmful Algal Blooms and Drinking
Water
Treatment Research by Darren Lytle
and Nick
Dugan
o Read about the EPAs drinking
water research
efforts. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o EPA has been conducting algal bloom research at multiple facilities
around Lake Erie. Learn more: http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o The EPA has been conducting research to help communities combat
cyanobacterial toxins in their drinking water. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
Computational Ecology & Open Science: Tools to Help Manage
Cyanobacteria in Lakes by Betty J. Kreakie, Jeffrey W. Hollister,
Farnaz Nojavan, W. Bryan Milstead, and Lahne Mattas-Curry
o Most people do not know what computational ecology is. Learn how its
helping manage Cyanobacteria in lakes. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o Check out how we are implementing Open Science to manage harmful
algal blooms. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
A Space Satellite Perspective to Monitor Water Quality Using your
Mobile Phone by Lahne Mattas-Curry, Blake A. Schaeffer, Robyn N.
Conmy, and Darryl J. Keith
o Did you know that 22 percent of our lakes are in poor condition for
aquatic life? http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o We have developed the CyAN mobile app to monitor water quality in a
faster and more efficient way. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network: Using Mobile Technologies for
Research & Education by Steve Morton, Ph.D. and Shawn Gano,
Ph.D.
o Check out the features and benefits of our mobile app: Phyto.
http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o Our mobile app, Phyto, was developed to assist in helping volunteers
learn to identify phytoplankton. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o Check out how we developed our mobile app, Phyto!
http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
The New England Region Cyanobacteria Monitoring Program: A Pilot
Study by Hilary Snook
o The New England region is focused more on cyanobacteria education
and monitoring. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o New England Regional Cyanobacteria Monitoring program has helped
the region better manage their water resources. http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
Innovation to Protect Our Water by Denice Shaw
o Green water is not clean water. Check out this article:
http://bit.ly/1Pbicin
o

Did you know that harmful algal blooms developed near Lake Erie in
August 2014 and left about 500,000 people without safe drinking
water?