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US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FRESHWATER HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are particularly impactful to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which manages vast freshwater resources and waterways that provide a variety of services including navigation, flood risk reduction, recreation, fish and wildlife management, as well as potable water supply. The U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center (USACE-ERDC) was directed to develop and demonstrate scalable technologies that will reduce HAB impacts to our nation’s freshwater resources across scales (e.g. small waterbodies to river reaches), ecoregions (e.g. subtropical to temperate), and system types (e.g. lakes/reservoirs, riverine). The USACE-ERDC Freshwater HAB Research & Development Initiative has funded 40 projects intended to deliver HAB-combatting methods, models, and technologies that may be used alone or in combination to effectively reduce HAB frequency and impacts to water resource development projects across the nation. The poster presentation will highlight funded projects, new technology transfer-focused activities, and will provide an opportunity to engage with federal, state, local, and university partners.