{"id":4654,"date":"2022-10-26T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:37:59","slug":"kaptur-announces-1-5m-to-combat-harmful-algal-blooms-in-the-great-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/kaptur-announces-1-5m-to-combat-harmful-algal-blooms-in-the-great-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaptur Announces $1.5M to Combat Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4655 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/noaa-lake-pic-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/noaa-lake-pic-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/noaa-lake-pic.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Washington, D.C., October 22, 2022:<\/em><\/strong><em> Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) \u2013 Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development \u2013 announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to projects focused on combatting harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a total of $1,478,701 to five projects focused on combatting harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. The funding will support a variety of research and technological projects being led by regional and national partners \u2013 including the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University \u2013 in both the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLake Erie and the entire Great Lakes system are inseparable from every facet of our region\u2019s way of life,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Rep. Kaptur<\/strong>. \u201cFrom drinking water and agriculture to our multibillion-dollar boating, fishing, and tourism industries \u2013 protecting the Lakes protects us all. These federal investments will continue the vital work necessary to tackle the scourge of harmful algal blooms and preserve our precious freshwater bounty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NOAA project funding<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$281,975<\/strong>to improve understanding of the synergistic impacts of acidification, temperature, total alkalinity, and nutrients on toxic cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes \u2013\u00a0<strong>University of Toledo, University of Michigan, Oberlin College, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Kentucky<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$75,092<\/strong>to create portable cyanotoxin detection technology for use by citizen scientists and decision makers \u2013\u00a0<strong>University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, Ohio State University, University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, MBio Diagnostics, Inc., LimnoTech, Inc.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>$296,205<\/strong>to enhance existing technology for rapid, portable, multiplexed detection of harmful algal toxins in the Great Lakes \u2013\u00a0<strong>Bowling Green State University, State University of New York, MBio Diagnostics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>$370,000<\/strong>to upgrade existing instrumentation in the Great Lakes to improve telemetry and harmful algal bloom data integration \u2013\u00a0<strong>Great Lakes Observing System<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>$455,429<\/strong>to enhance the capabilities of the 3rd generation Environmental Sample Processor for harmful algal bloom toxin detection through integration with an Autonomous Surface Vehicle \u2013\u00a0<strong>University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, Louisiana State University, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on the NOAA project funding can be found\u00a0at www.noaa.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C., October 22, 2022: Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) \u2013 Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development \u2013 announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to projects focused on combatting harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. 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