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IMAGE: From left: Dr. Thomas Bridgeman, professor of ecology in the UToledo College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and director of the UToledo Lake Erie Center; Dr. Youngwoo Seo, professor of. view more
Credit: Daniel Miller, The University of Toledo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded researchers at The University of Toledo $1.4 million to develop enhanced technology for early detection and management of harmful algal blooms, Lake Erie s environmental menace and a worldwide problem.
Dr. Youngwoo Seo, professor of civil and environmental engineering and chemical engineering in the UToledo College of Engineering, leads the three-year project to improve water quality from the source to the tap.
UT awarded $1.4 million to help fight toxic algae
Algal blooms are an environmental menace in Lake Erie and a worldwide problem that the university is trying to combat.
Credit: AP
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2017, file photo, algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie s Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio. Ohio for the first time is declaring western Lake Erie impaired by the toxic algae that has fouled drinking water and closed beaches in recent years. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency s announcement Thursday, March 22, 2018, comes amid a federal lawsuit over whether part of the shallowest of the Great Lakes should be declared impaired. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)