Ohio Harmful Algal Bloom Workshop
When: February 7, 2007
Where: University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center
6200 Bayshore Rd, Oregon OH
(419) 530-8360
The intention of this day-long Focused Workshop is to bring together OHio drinking water operators,public health officials, beach managers, wastewater operators, tribes, agriculturalists, and other Ohio residents interested in harmful algal blooms in order to determine the extent of the harmful algal bloom issue in Western Lake Erie, create a venue to understand and assess existing knowledge of HABs, and identify methods in which HABs are monitored for and reported to the public.
Workshop Agenda:
- 9-9:30 AM - Welcome, Introduction by Sonia Joseph, NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH), and workshop logistics
- 9:30-9:45 AM - Dr. Carol Stepien -
Lake Erie Center - 9:45-10 AM - Dr. Jeffrey Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant -
HABs in Lake Erie: Introduction - 10-10:20 AM - Dr. Juli Dyble, NOAA CEGLHH -
Detecting toxic Mycrocystis in the lower Great Lakes - 10:20-10:40 AM - Dr. Tom Bridgeman, University of Toledo -
Microsystis Blooms in Lake Erie 2002-2006 - 10:40-11 AM - BREAK
- 11-11:20 AM - Dr. Hal Walker, Ohio State University -
Removal of Removal of Microcystin Microcystin-LR LR by UF membranes and by UF membranes and Activated Carbon - 11:20-11:40 AM - Dr. Wayne Carmichael, Wright State University -
One-Hundred-Twenty-Eight Years of Research and Policy on Toxic Cyanobacteria -
Where do we go from here? - 11:40-12 noon - Dr. Jim Sinclair, US EPA -
Preliminary Occurrence Study of Preliminary Occurrence Study of Cyanobacterial Cyanobacterial Toxins in Source Toxins in Source and Finished Waters - 12 noon- 1PM - LUNCH
- 1-2:45 PM - Facilitated Small Group Discussions to Answer Specific Questions related to Ohio HABs.
- 2:45-3 PM - BREAK
- 3:00- 4:30 PM - Reconvene/ Large Group Discussion
- 15 minute summaries from each group (3-4 groups)
- Large group discussion of information and needs identified in small group discussions
- 4:30 - Closing Thoughts, ADJOURN
Hosted by NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health and the University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center (http://www.lakeerie.utoledo.edu/). If you are interested in attending this workshop, please RSVP to Sonia Joseph by February 1, 2007. For additional information or questions, please contact Sonia Joseph at (), or (734) 741-2283.
