Officials with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board plan to deploy a data buoy network to track possible algal blooms and protect visitors to Grand Lake.
Algae Bloom Monitoring Network
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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Articles Tagged: water quality
Tracking Green Parking Lot Runoff
Wayne State University
A giant parking lot in southeast Michigan has become a concern for local park managers because of the runoff it contributes to Lake St. Clair.
Kerr Dam Discharge Effects
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
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Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Below Dams
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
As part of the Resources Board’s mission to manage Oklahoma’s water resources responsibly, minimizing impacts to aquatic life in these lakes from hydroelectric dams is an important concern.
Sodus Bay Buoy Network
SUNY - ESF
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Eastern Lake Erie Dynamics
Buffalo State University
Researchers at Buffalo State University are studying water and weather at the deeper and less algae-prone eastern basin of Lake Erie near Dunkirk, New York.
Expanding Algal Bloom Monitoring Network
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Scientists have added four new platforms to the network of monitoring buoys that has taken shape since the Toledo crisis. Three of these were launched in the summer of 2015 near Maumee Bay and at other points off the shore of Michigan.
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Dredging
Battelle
New Bedford Harbor is fed by the Acushnet River from the north and drains into the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Its steady flow is one of the reasons so many industrial plants set up shop along the harbor in the early 1900s.
Lake Lacawac Profiling Platform
Miami University
One of the new research projects at the Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station is a custom auto-profiling platform developed by scientists at Miami University with the help of NexSens Technology.
Managing Plant Discharge Temperatures
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
To monitor the reservoir’s water conditions in real time, managers at the plant have deployed a data buoy. The buoy is equipped with temperature sensors and telemetry to let engineers know when conditions change so that they can adjust plant operations accordingly.