News & Events
In the News
September 2008
- Volunteers needed to help clean Lake Erie shores (East Aurora Advertiser - 9/11/2008)
- Volunteers sought for annual beach cleanup (Muskegon Chronicle - 9/11/2008)
- City sewers tagged as threat (Observer - 9/4/2008)
- Nature and Science Center heading beach cleanup project (West Life - 9/3/2008)
- New beach at state park won't really be a beach (Bay City Times - 9/3/2008)
- Group urges cities to adopt green infrastructure to curb sewage spills (Canadian Press - 9/2/2008)
- Sault Michigan does not test storm sewer outfalls; Sault Ontario does (Sault News - 9/2/2008)
August 2008
- Beach 9-1-1 (Lake County News-Sun - 8/26/2008)
- Local water experts team up to protect Toronto drinking water (Bulletin - 8/26/2008)
- Man, son seek cause of E. coli at Mich. beaches (Associated Press - 8/23/2008)
- State sewer systems dumped 26 billion gallons of sewage into waterways (Muskegon Chronicle - 8/20/2008)
- Chicago begins pilot of faster, more accurate bacteria test (Windy Citizen - 8/13/2008)
- E. coli low at all Lake Michigan beaches (Ludington Daily News - 8/13/2008)
- Residents want tighter toxic water pollution limits (Northumberland News -8/13/2008)
- Fast-track cleaning toxic hotspots (Grand Rapids Press - 8/4/2008)
- Harbour algae outbreak spoils it for swimmers, waders (Hamilton Spectator - 8/1/2008)
July 2008
- Lt. Governor delivers water monitoring grant (Macomb Daily - 7/30/2008)
- Beach water report knocks Wisconsin – but not Racine (Racine Journal Times - 7/30/2008)
- Dying algae natural process, smelly nuisance (Erie Times-News - 7/29/2008)
- See a beach-quality database: Heavy rains pollute water (Detroit Free Press - 7/29/2008)
- No easy fix for Ontario Beach's bacteria problem (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle - 7/29/2008)
- Algae alarm sounded for local water (Montreal Gazette - 7/29/2008)
- Water quality improved last year at Lake Erie beaches (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7/29/2008)
- Illinois beaches lead nation in high bacteria count (Chicago Sun-Times 7/29/2008)
- Research delves deep to probe water quality and muck issues (Bay City Times - 7/26/2008)
- E. coli outbreaks down this year at Chicago beaches (Chicago Public Radio - 7/21/2008)
- Investigators find Milwaukee ties to trash on beach (Detroit Free Press - 7/16/2008)
- Muck advisories posted for Huron County beaches (Bay City Times - 7/8/2008)
June 2008
- Sewage estimate: 15 million gallons (Ludington Daily News - 6/17/08)
- 685 Million Gallons Of Sewer Overflow Dumped Into Rivers, Lake Michigan (WISN 12 - 6/14/08)
- E. coli contamination closes Fort Erie beaches (Niagara Falls Review - 6/9/08)
- Down in the dumps - Canadian plan to store plants' waste near Huron provokes outrage (Macomb Daily - 6/8/08)
- Racine's beach becomes a national model (Racine Journal Times - 6/1/08)
May 2008
- Lake Superior barrels pose no health threat, state report says (Duluth News Tribune - 5/31/08)
- Chicago's Oak Street Beach contaminated with asbestos (Environment News Service - 5/27/08)
- Saginaw Bay beach monitoring improves this summer (Bay City Times - 5/27/08)
- Ohio health officials test Lake Erie beaches for bacteria (Associated Press - 5/24/08)
- Project can foster safer area beaches (Port Huron Times-Herald - 5/23/08)
- Sewage discharges a major problem around Great Lakes; Environmental groups says $5 billion to $10 billion is needed to fix the problem (Owen Sound Sun Times - 5/20/08)
March 2008
- Meeting addresses citizens' beach safety concerns before summer (Gary Post-Tribune - 3/14/2008)
- CDC reports must be reviewed, public (Huron Daily Tribune - 3/13/2008)
- Health report raises dispute over Great Lakes pollution (New York Times - 3/13/2008)
- What's in your water? (Plain Dealer - 3/12/2008)
- Asbestos fear at Chicago beach (Chicago Sun-Times - 3/11/2008)
- Drug disposal advocated for lake's sake (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 3/11/2008)
- Tainted drinking water kept under wraps (MSNBC - 3/10/2008)
- Cleaner runoff can help tame algae in water, expert says (Manitowoc Herald-Times - 3/9/2008)
February 2008
- Saginaw Bay doesn't have an algae problem, MI DEQ says (Bay City Times -2/13/2008)
- Area's toxins may be sickening people (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -2/12/2008)
- Phosphorous detergent ban bill advances (Merrillville Post-Tribune -2/12/2008)
- USEPA: 2008 will be a year for algae action (Bay City Times - 2/1/2008)
- USEPA: Zebra mussels may increase beach muck (Saginaw News -2/1/2008)
January 2008
- County working to replace slow beach water testing system (Grand Haven Tribune - 1/7/08)
December 2007
- Algae toxins can spread through air (Muskegon Chronicle - 12/20/07)
- Ship spills diesel fuel into the Maumee (Toledo Blade - 12/16/07)
November 2007
- Bay County, Michigan, approves ban on phosphorus (Bay City Times - 11/14/07)
- Tests show Thumb muck contains human waste (Bay City Times - 11/14/07)
News Archive
CEGLHH Scientists in the News
CEGLHH Scientist, Joan Rose, was featured in the Bay City Times discussing human sewage indicators in Huron County muck samples. Tests show Thumb muck contains human waste (11/14/2007)
CEGLHH scientist George Leshkevich featured in the Columbus Dispatch (25 Sep 2007) discussing a new scanner that is used to track Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie. Full Story
CEGLHH scientists Joan Rose and Juli Dyble featured in the Detroit News (22 Sep 2007) discussing the “muck” issue affecting Lake Huron beaches. Full Story
GLERL scientist George Leshkevich featured in the Ann Arbor News (03 Sep 2007) discussing cooperative research between NOAA/GLERL and NASA that relies on remote sensing imagery to track harmful algal booms in Lake Erie. Full Story
Drs. Dave Schwab and Gary Fahnenstiel, of the NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) featured in the Muskegon Chronicle (30 July 2007) discussing current beach monitoring protocols. Full Story
Dr. Gary Fahnenstiel (HAB researcher with the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health) was quoted in the Muskegon Chronicle (18 July 2007) discussing the relationship between quagga mussels and algae. Full Story
Grand River experiments in the Grand Haven Tribune (12 July 2007). Sonia Joseph quoted discussing implications of the study. Full Story
EGLHH scientist, Mike McCormick, featured in Grand Rapids Press (22 May 2007) regarding the NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) upcoming summer field study on the Grand River, a major tributary of Lake Michigan. Full Story
Michigan Harmful Algal Bloom Stakeholder Workshop featured in the Bay City Times (12 April 2007)
Bay City Times Article
Further information on the Michigan Harmful Algal Bloom Stakeholder Workshop
NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health's Wisconsin Harmful Algal Bloom
Stakeholder Workshop, which was held on March 22, was featured in the Green Bay Press Gazette
Pre-Meeting Article
Post-Meeting Article
Press Releases
- The difficult separation of drinking water and sewage may face more challenges than its aging infrastructure can withstand as unpredictable weather conditions produce floods that beset the nation, an MSU water expert says...
- MSU part of new center to study Great Lakes and health
- NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (2004)
- NOAA Research Study To Help Predict Pollutant Movement In Great Lakes Region (June 22, 2006)
Events
Seminar Series
All seminars will be held at GLERL, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor (unless otherwise noted).
For more information, including directions to GLERL please visit our website at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/
Conferences and Meetings
2008 Water Quality Technology Conference and Exposition (WQTC) (November 16-20)
Cincinnati, Ohio
The AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference® and Exposition (WQTC) keeps thousands of water quality professionals from across the globe up-to-date with the latest research, regulations, and technological advances for keeping drinking water safe. WQTC includes high-quality workshops; oral, poster, and technical sessions; and technical facility tours.
For more information, please contact:
Susan Gunzner
Phone: (303) 347-6210
E-mail:
OR
American Water Works Association
6666 W Quincy Ave
Denver, Colorado 80235
Phone: (303) 794-7711 or (800) 926-7337
Fax: (303) 347-0804
State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference
2008 ((SOLEC 2008) October 22-23, 2008)
Sheraton Fallsview, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Conference theme will be the Nearshore.
*The registration website will be www.SOLECRegistration.ca.
(the website for registration will be available as of June 1, 2008)*
For more information, please contact:
81st Annual Water Environment
Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (October 18-22, 2008)
McCormick Place • Chicago, Illinois
The largest water quality event in North America is heading to the Windy City! The latest in water quality research, technology and services will be on display at WEFTEC.08. WEFTEC offers the best water quality education and training available today and is a leading source for water quality developments, research, regulations, solutions, and cutting-edge technologies.
For more information, please contact:
Water Environment Federation
601 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1994
Phone: 1-800-666-0206, menu option 1
Globally: 1-703-684-2552
50 Years of Soil and Water Research in
a Changing Agricultural Environment (September 3-5, 2008)
Oxford, Mississippi
A national conference is being organized that serves as a forum for scientists, cooperators, partners, and stakeholders to present and discuss research topics related to the broad mission of the NSL research program. This conference is for those interested in soil erosion, runoff from agricultural land, sedimentation, water-quality and -quantity, agronomic practices, related ecological issues, and watershed modeling. Attendees are invited to submit abstracts related to any one of these topics.
For more information, please contact:
National Sedimentation Laboratory–50th Anniversary Registration
PO Box 879
University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: (662)915-7283
Fax: (662)915-5138
7th Annual StormCon, the World’s
Largest Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference (August 3-7, 2008)
Orlando, Florida
StormCon is where you will find the latest stormwater program management and BMPs performance case studies, research, technology, and services–in an unparalleled education and training setting for anyone involved in surface-water quality. StormCon offers six tracks on the most relevant stormwater topics with more than 140 individual presentations.
For more information, please contact:
Steve Di Giorgi, StormCon Director
Phone: (805) 682-1300, ext. 129
E-mail:
2008 Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) Annual Conference (July 26-30, 2008)
Tuscon, Arizona
There are eight tours, five workshops and dozens of opportunities – from the Networking/Social Night at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum to the Regional Networking Roundtable Lunches and the Exhibitor/Poster Reception on Sunday night to learn and make connections with attendees, exhibitors and speakers in a variety of traditional and nontraditional settings and sessions.
The following ongoing areas of emphasis comprise the core of SWCS’s work: Soil Resources and Management (Soil Resource Assessment & Soil Resource Management and Conservation), Water Resources and Management, Conservation in Urban Settings, Adaptive Management of Conservation Efforts, Conservation Education, Conservation Tools and Technologies, and Conservation and Environmental Policy and Program Design.
For more information, please contact:
Dewayne Johnson, Conference Planner
2008 NGWA Conference on Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues (June 23-24, 2008 (with optional field
trip June 25))
Ronkonkoma, New York
Since 1984, ground water professionals have gathered in New England biennially to discuss issues specific to this region. The Conference on Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues offers a unique opportunity to stay current on new issues facing this region, while at the same time celebrating 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth.
For more information, please contact:
Phone 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791)
National Ground Water Association
ATTN: Registrations
PO Box 73111
Cleveland, OH 44193
Sustainability 2008: Green Practices for the Water Environment (June 22 - 25, 2008)
National Harbor, Maryland
Gaylord National on the Potomac
This conference will bring together researchers, regulators, designers, planners, technology developers, students, municipal agencies/utilities, facility managers/operators, industrial dischargers, and other environmental professionals from around the world to share and debate the current state of knowledge for sustainable approaches and green practices in the water environment. Conference topics include: green infrastructure and stormwater, watershed approaches to water management, and green practices for energy conservation and climate change adaptation.
For more information, please contact:
Nancy Bauer, Technical Program/Abstracts
Phone: (703) 684-2400, ext. 7010
E-mail:
International
Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 51st Annual Conference
(May 19-23, 2008)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Our Lakes, Our Community is the theme of this year's conference, reflecting community stewardship of the Great Lakes. This theme will recognize the role that communities and community organizations can play in protecting the quality and quantity of water, and the recreational and commercial value of the Great Lakes.
For more information, please contact:
Conference Coordinator: Leslie Collins
Science and Technology Transfer
Institute of Watershed Science
Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
Phone: 705-748-1011 ex.7943
Email:
MEHA Annual Education Conference
(March 11-14, 2008)
Doubletree Hotel, Bay City-Riverfront
The Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA) Annual Education Conference brings together environmental and public health professionals who work to improve Michigan's health through management of the environment.
ASLO 2008 Ocean Sciences
Meeting (March 2-7, 2008)
Orlando, Florida
The theme is From the Watershed to the Global Ocean. Topics addressed at the Ocean Sciences meetings include: physical, biological, chemical, and geological oceanography; all branches of limnology, hydrology, and multidisciplinary topics ranging from evolution to climate change; and research on watersheds, the global ocean, and society, including science education, outreach, and public policy.
For more information, please contact:
Helen Schneider Lemay, ASLO Business Manager
ASLO Business Office
5400 Bosque Blvd., Suite 680
Waco, Texas 76710 USA
Phone: 254-399-9635, or 800-929-ASLO
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