SEPA

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

November 2019

Freshwater HABs Newsletter

National Recreational Water Quality Workshop

The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), under a
cooperative agreement with EPA's Office of Water, Office of Science and
Technology will co-sponsor a national workshop on recreational water
quality. The workshop will be in Chicago, Illinois April 21-24, 2020. The
goal for this workshop is to aid recreational water managers, researchers,
stakeholders and public health officials at all levels to share information
and ideas about implementing and supporting a successful recreational
water program. This workshop will focus on harmful algal blooms and fecal
contamination. The workshop will provide information on tools, training
and an opportunity to discuss strategies for managing and monitoring
HABs and fecal contamination in recreational waters. The workshop will
provide opportunities for sharing across programs on management of
these issues.

EPA is calling for abstracts starting December 4, 2019 and are due January
20, 2020. Registration will open January 6, 2020. For more information go
to httos:/ /www.ctic.ora/oroiects/Training/Rec Waters

NEWS

Governor Phil Murphy and officials from the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection announces more than $13 million in funding to
local communities and a new initiative to reduce and prevent future HABs
in New Jersey. Read more here.

REMINDERS
EPA's Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

For students in grades 9 through 12 living in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, and tribal nations in the
States listed here.

Deadline: January 3rd, 2020

EPA's RFA Approaches to Reduce Nutrient Loadings for HABs
Management

Deadline: December 19. 2019

To sign up for the newsletter send an email to epacvanohabs@epa.aov

Please visitthe EPA's CyanoHABs in Water Bodies website here.

National Recreational Water Quality Workshop
April 21-24, 2020 Chicago, Illinois

UPCOMING EVENTS

Workshop
Modeling and
Prediction of HABs

GlobalHAB Workshop
18-21 May 2020,
Glasgow, UK

Conferences
National

Recreational Water
Quality Workshop

April 21-24, 2020
Chicago, Illinois

19th ICHA

October 2020
La Paz, Mexico

Useful Resources

HABs Collaborative
Newsletter Fall 2019

Drinking Water
Cvanotoxin Management
Plan Template

Emergency Response
Plan for Cvanotoxins in
Recreational Water

This newsletter was
created by Dr. Lesley
D'Analada. Office of
Science and Technology,
Office of Water. Mention
of trade names, products,
or services does not
convey and should not be
interpreted as conveying
official EPA endorsement,
approval or

recommendation for use.


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Blooms, Beach Closures and Health Advisories November 2019

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at Camden Lake, Lake Britton, Manteca Lake, San Luis Reservoir at Basalt Boat Launch, West of Sulphur
Bank Mercury Mine, Whiskeytown Lake Pond, Stevens Lake

Florida (4): Oriole Beach, Santa Rosa Sound; Lake Hunter, Jog Road, Palm Beach; Canal and Kirk Rd
Bridge, Palm Beach

Idaho (9): Fernan Lake, Mormon Reservoir, Blacks Creek Reservoir, Mountain Home Reservoir, Indian
Creek Reservoir, Little Camas Reservoir, Thorn Creek Reservoir, Hordemann Pond, Winchester Lake
Kansas (5): Gathering Pond (Hatchery Supply Pond), Jerry Ivey Pond, Lake Jeanette, Lakewood Park
Lake, South Park Lake (as of 10/20/2019).

Maryland (3): Patuxent River, Eastern Bay, Sassafrass Harbor (HAB Present):

Massachusetts (8): Arlington Reservoir, Billington Sea, Lake Boone, Lake Holbrook, Lake Warner,
Magnolia Pond, Plunkett Reservoir, Santuit Pond, South Wattupa Pond, Triangle Pond
Mississippi (1): Shearwater Beach

New Hampshire (14): Paradise (Nelson's) Pond, Sisson Pond, Watson Reservoir, Slack Reservoir, Little
Pond, Carbuncle Pond, Almy Pond, Elm Lake, JL Curran Reservoir, Mashapaug Pond, Pleasure Lake,
Roosevelt Lake, Sisson Pond, Melville Ponds

New Jersey (17): Deal Lake, Sunset Lake, Spruce Run Reservoir, Lake Hopatcong, Monksville
Reservoir, Budd Lake, Dramasei Park Lake, Papaianni Lake, Amico Island Pond, Branch Brook Park Lake,
Elmer Lake, Pemberton Lake, Daretown Lake, Unnamed Pond, Lake Owassa, Smithfield Lake, Canistear
Reservoir

Ohio (3): Buckeye Lake (Crystal Beach and Fairfield), Grand Lake St. Mary's, North Bend Boat Club
Oregon (2): South Umpqua River and Lawson Bar (Permanent Recreational Use Advisory), Tenmile
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South Carolina (1): Lake Wateree

Utah (9): East Canyon Reservoir, Echo Reservoir, Holmes Creek Reservoir, Jordanelle Reservoir, Maybey
Pond, Otter Creek Reservoir, Pineview Reservoir, Piute Reservoir, Yuba Lake,

Vermont (1): Winona Lake

Washington (4): Spanaway Lake, Lone Lake, Pass Lake, Rapjohn Lake
Wyoming (1): Keyhole Reservoir


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Recently Published Articles

Use of aPCR and RT-aPCR for monitoring variations of microcvstin producers and as an early
warning system to predict toxin production in an Ohio inland lake

Jingrang Lu, Ian Struewing, Larry Wymer, Daniel R. Tettenhorst, Jody Shoemaker, Joel Allen,

Water Research, 2019, 115262.

Degradation of cvanotoxin microcvstin-LR in synthetic and natural waters bv chemical-free
UV/VUV radiation

Pranav Chintalapati, Madjid Mohseni, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 381, 2020, 120921

Clethodim (herbicide) alters the growth and toxins content of Microcystis aeruginosa and
Raphidiopsis raciborskii

Fernanda Breda-Alves, Frederico Pacheco Militao, Brener Freitas de Alvarenga, Pamela Ferreira Miranda,
Valeria de Oliveira Fernandes, Micheline Kezia Cordeiro-Araujo, Mathias Ahii Chia, Chemosphere, 2019,
125318.

Cvanotoxin production bevond the cvanobacteria

Geoffrey A. Codd, Peter B. Nunn, Toxicon, Volume 168, 2019, Pages 93-94.

Electrocoaoulation/flocculation of cvanobacteria from surface waters

Alejandro de la Fuente, Alicia M. Muro-Pastor, Francisco Merchan, Fernando Madrid, Jose Ignacio Perez-
Martinez, Tomas Undabeytia, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 238, 2019, 117964.

Degradation of cvanotoxin microcvstin-LR in synthetic and natural waters bv chemical-free
UV/VUV radiation

Pranav Chintalapati, Madjid Mohseni, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 381, 2020, 120921

A molecular-based method to estimate the risk associated with cvanotoxins and odor
compounds in drinking water sources

Keng-Yu Lu, Yi-Ting Chiu, Michael Burch, Delia Senoro, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Water Research, Volume 164, 2019,
114938.

Removal efficiency of phosphorus, cvanobacteria and cvanotoxins bv the "flock & sink"
mitigation technioue in semi-arid eutrophic waters

Daniely de Lucena-Silva, Joseline Molozzi, Juliana dos Santos Severiano, Vanessa Becker, Jose Etham de
Lucena Barbosa, Water Research, Volume 159, 2019, Pages 262-273.

Toolbox for the sampling and monitoring of benthic cvanobacteria

Virginie Gaget, Peter Hobson, Angela Keulen, Kelly Newton, Paul Monis, Andrew R. Humpage, Laura S.
Weyrich, Justin D. Brookes, Water Research, Volume 169, 2020, 115222.

Role of potentially toxic cvanobacteria in crustacean zooplankton diet in a eutrophic lake

Helen Agasild, Kristel Panksep, Ilmar Tonno, Katlin Blank, Toomas Koiv, Rene Freiberg, Reet Laugaste,
Roger I. Jones, Peeter Noges, Tiina Noges, Harmful Algae, Volume 89, 2019, 101688.

Ecotoxicitv assessment of microcvstins from freshwater samples using a bioluminescent
cvanobacteria I bioassav

Miguel Gonzalez-Pleiter, Samuel Cires, Lars Wormer, Ramsy Agha, Gerardo Pulido-Reyes, Keila Martin-
Betancor, Andreu Rico, Francisco Leganes, Antonio Quesada, Francisca Fernandez-Pinas, Chemosphere,
Volume 240, 2020, 124966.


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