Item talk:Q227266

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-jersey-water-science-center/science/downstream-fate-and-transport-cyanobacteria-and",
 "headline": "Downstream Fate and Transport of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in the Raritan Basin Water Supply Complex, New Jersey",
 "datePublished": "September 1, 2022",
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     "name": "Heather Heckathorn",
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     "text": "Molly Hillenbrand, Montclair State University"
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     "text": "One system in New Jersey of particular concern is the Raritan Basin Water Supply Complex (RBWSC,) as it\u202fis the source water supply for multiple water\u202fpurveyors and serves more than 1.5 million people. Although\u202fCyanoHAB\u202foccurrence and persistence was documented in multiple upstream headwater lacustrine systems within the RBWSC, there is no information regarding potential cyanotoxin transport to the downstream drinking water intakes."
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     "text": "Pamela A. Reilly, USGS NJWSC"
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     "text": "Melissa Mazzaro, Montclair State University"
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     "text": "Heather A. Heckathorn, USGS NJWSC"
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     "text": "Spruce Run Reservoir, a headwater drinking-water reservoir within the RBWSC, has had issues with CyanoHAB blooms in recent years, including one documented in fall of 2018 and an extensive bloom first confirmed in June 2019 that continues to present day (NJDEP, 2022). Similar CyanoHAB conditions have been documented at other headwater lacustrine waterbodies within the RBWSC, Rosedale Lake and Budd Lake, with over-abundant populations of cyanobacteria capable of producing cyanotoxins."
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     "text": "Kyle Clonan, NJ Water Supply Authority and Montclair State University"
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     "text": "Bradley W. Bjorklund, USGS NJWSC"
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     "text": "David Hsu, Montclair State University"
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     "text": "A comprehensive study by the USGS, New Jersey Water Supply Authority, Montclair State University and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection was initiated in 2020 in the RBWSC to evaluate factors affecting the\u202fspatial and temporal variability of cyanotoxin production, occurrence,\u202fpersistence,\u202fand transport from lacustrine sources to downstream\u202ffluvial systems used as a drinking water source."
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     "text": "Jonathan A. Cohl, USGS NJWSC"
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     "text": "Harmful algal blooms with cyanotoxin production (CyanoHABs) have been shown to adversely affect water resources worldwide, however only a handful of studies have examined the occurrence and persistence of CyanoHABs in fluvial systems used for municipal water-supply. Of particular concern in New Jersey is the Raritan Basin Water Supply Complex (RBWSC) as it\u202fis the water supply for multiple water\u202fpurveyors, serving more than 1.5 million people. Although\u202fCyanoHAB\u202foccurrence and persistence has been documented in multiple upstream headwater lacustrine systems within the RBWSC, there is no information regarding potential cyanotoxin transport to the downstream drinking water intakes."
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     "text": "Robert Schuster, NJ Department of Environmental Protection"
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     "text": "Meiyin Wu, Montclair State University"
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     "text": "Joshua Rosen, USGS NY Water Science Center"
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     "text": "Lisa G. Carper, USGS NJWSC"
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     "text": "An advanced monitoring strategy was employed over a one-year period (August 2020 - August 2021) that utilized multiple sampling methods to gain insight on rapidly changing water-quality conditions that affect cyanotoxin transport. Traditionally, CyanoHAB monitoring relies on analysis of discrete samples, which provide a \u201csnapshot\u201d of the phytoplankton community and cyanotoxin content at a specific location and point in time, such as daily or weekly.  However, lakes and reservoirs are rarely homogeneous and the downstream transport of CyanoHAB from these systems, including concentrations of cyanotoxins and cyanobacterial cell densities, are likely to be affected by many environmental factors. This project will evaluate the results of discrete samples along with other innovative monitoring techniques and tools, such as continuous monitoring and the use of passive samplers, that can provide further insight into the rapidly changing water-quality conditions associated with bloom development and CyanoHAB occurrence."
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     "text": "Heather A. Desko, NJ Water Supply Authority"
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     "text": "Harmful algal blooms with cyanotoxin production (CyanoHABs) have been shown to adversely affect water resources worldwide, impacting water quality, aquatic ecosystem health, and the safe recreational and consumption uses of freshwater resources.  Many larger waterbodies with confirmed CyanoHAB, such as reservoirs, are used directly for drinking water supply and/or they are located within the headwaters of drinking water-supply source watersheds. USGS stakeholders, including water-supply and water-quality, have expressed concern over the lack of information regarding potential and actual cyanotoxin occurrence and transport within these systems.  Given the limited information available, there is a need for CyanoHAB research to understand the production, fate and transport of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins from multiple upstream sources with CyanoHAB to downstream drinking water sources."
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     "text": "Jennifer Graham, USGS NY Water Science Center"
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     "text": "Robert Newby, NJ Department of Environmental Protection"
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