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Combating Water Insecurity Through Real-Time Systems

Combating Water Insecurity Through Real-Time Systems

Combating Water Insecurity Through Real-Time Systems

In regions impacted by water insecurity, water quality monitoring can be foundational in improving water treatment and informing environmental regulations that protect source water. Helen Baulch, an associate professor at the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan, relies on real-time water quality monitoring systems in her work, focusing on making the region more water secure. Challenge: Worsening Water Quality and Water Insecurity While natural physical properties worsen some of the poor water quality conditions in the region, others are connected to land use. Most of Baulch's work has focused on Buffalo Pound Lake, a source water resource that supplies drinking water to two cities.High nutrient loads and organic carbon in Buffalo Pound Lake have deteriorated its water quality over time. Additionally, the lake is very shallow, so it stratifies periodically, which can influence its chemical and physical properties. The main concern for Baulch is cyanobacterial behavior in the lake, as well as the impacts of dissolved organic carbon on disinfectant byproducts.

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Monitoring Microcystin Dynamics in Ohio Lakes

Monitoring Microcystin Dynamics in Ohio Lakes

Monitoring Microcystin Dynamics in Ohio Lakes

While harmful algal bloom research has become more common in freshwater lakes recently, Stone Lab is one of the oldest research groups that have focused on studying microcystin and other toxins. For more than 100 years, Stone Lab has conducted biology research and provided science education and outreach to the region.Stone Lab’s Research Coordinator and Senior Researcher, Justin Chaffin, oversees ongoing microcystin research on Lake Erie and other Ohio lakes at Stone Lab. Chaffin also helps coordinate outreach events and visiting researchers who can use Stone Lab’s facilities and research vessels. Challenges: Creating a Microcystin Toxicity Forecast

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Protecting Lake Lillinonah through Monitoring and Advocacy

Protecting Lake Lillinonah through Monitoring and Advocacy

Protecting Lake Lillinonah through Monitoring and Advocacy

Lake associations and individual researchers teaming up means more comprehensive and impactful monitoring programs. Lake Lillinonah in Connecticut has the benefit of being the subject of many researchers' work as well as being under the protection of Friends of the Lake (FOTL).Jen Klug, Professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University, is one of these researchers and works with FOTL to better understand what conditions threaten Lake Lillinonah—a mission shared by FOTL. Challenge: Nutrient Loading and High Production in Lake Lillinonah Lake Lillinonah is in particular need of protection due to excess nutrient loads leading to hypoxia and algal blooms. The goal behind monitoring the lake is to help provide the FOTL with water quality data to help support their advocacy.

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