oEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency February, 2016 Freshwater HABs News EPA just released the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters or DWMAPS, an online mapping tool to provide the public, water system operators, state programs, and federal agencies with critical information to help them safeguard the sources of America's drinking water. DWMAPS could be used to find which systems serve drinking water in a county, and whether or not they face contamination issues. DWMAPS could be used also to search for waste sites, industries with recent pollution permit violations, landfills and wastewater treatment plants, sewer overflow points, pipelines, and facilities that manage carcinogenic or other toxic waste and more. To learn more about DWMAPS please visit the DWMAPS webpage here: GRANTS Opportunities 2016 RFA for Great Lakes Long-Term Biology Monitoring Program: Phvtoplankton Component NOAA Sea Grant Aguaculture Research Program 2016 Guideline Technical Document on Cvanobacterial Toxins Public Consultation: Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality The proposed guideline technical document on cyanobacterial toxins in drinking water is available for public comment. Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments and suggestions to water eau@hc-sc.gc.ca by April 15, 2016 Video Town Hall Discussion on HABs and Hypoxia in the Great Lakes The IWG-HABHRCA welcomes further input and feedback. Also if you interested in contributing information, please send documents in Word format, as well as in Mendeley, if you use the software, by email to IWG-HABHRCA@noaa.gov. Examples of brief annotated bibliographies, may be found here and here- Public Meeting and Webinar: Update on Development of Recreational Criteria for Cvanotoxins EPA held a public webinar on February 22, 2016 from 2:00-3:00 EST. EPA presented on the basic science being considered in the development of the criteria, a first look at implementation considerations, and provided an opportunity to receive feedback from participants. Volunteer Light Aircraft Pilots Needed for Scientific Research The Citizen Science and Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring program is calling for volunteer GA pilots to help track Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) in bodies of water across the country. Interested pilots please send an email to rafat.r.ansari@nasa.gov or ischuber@iuno.com Miami County State Fishing Lake, Kansas Upcoming Events Inland HABs Group Webinar on the Great Lakes March 10, 2016 11:30-1:30 2016 Recreational Waters Conference April 12-15,2016 New Orleans, LA US Algal Toxin Conference 2016 May 9-11, 2016 Akron, Ohio Summer 2016 Field Courses on Algae May - July, 2015 Iowa Lakeside Laboratory ASLO 2016 June 5 - 10, 2016 Santa Fe, New Mexico IAGLR 2016 June 6 to 10, 2016 Guelph, Ontario 17th ICIIA October 9-14, 2016 Florianapolis, Brazil 10th ICTC October 23- 28, 2016 Wuhan, China SETAC 2016 November 6 -10, 2016 Orlando, FL This newsletter was created by Lesley V. D'Anglada, Dr.PH. (danglada.lesley@epa.gov) Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, U.S.EPA For more information visit EPA's CyanoHABs website at www.epa.aov/cyanohabs ------- Useful Resources •/ EPA's CvanoHABs Website s EPA's Report: A compilation of Cost Data Associated with the Impacts and Control of Nutrient Pollution s USGS's Environmental Health Newsletter s NOAA's Prevention. Control and Mitigation of HABs fPCMHABI HEALTH ADVISORIES AND POSTINGS Oregon - South Umpqua River and Lawson Bar Texas - Do NOT Drink the Water Advisory, City of Ingleside Florida - Kctrenict Brevis red tide To sign up for the newsletter, send an email to dana/ada. lesle v(S)eoa. ao v ------- |