Blue Green Algae Monitoring News

Blue-green algae - check the water before you swim

Most beaches, lakes and rivers in Europe were clean and healthy last year. But water quality can be affected by many unforeseen factors, including sewage, agricultural waste and algae. The European Environment Agency (EEA) recommends checking local water quality information before you jump in. The EEA’s annual ...

Jul. 29, 2013

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Blue-Green Algae Successfully Monitored and Controlled by Using Ultrasound with New MPC-Buoy

Algal blooms located in water surfaces is a common problem which is encountered by many professionals in the water industry. High algae levels often result in a deterioration of the water quality and bad odor. In order to provide an environmentally friendly solution to prevent the growth of blue-green algae, the Dutch company LG Sound initiated a ...

May 13, 2014

By LG Sonic

Blue-green algae successfully monitored and controlled by using ultrasound with new MPC-Buoy

The MPC- Buoy improved the water quality in a drinking water reservoir in the UK. The drink water company Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW) has announced in a press release that after the installation of the MPC-Buoy a ‘dramatic ...

Jun. 10, 2014

By LG Sonic

Fertilizers help toxic algae thrive in warming world

Blue-green algae blooms that can turn toxic in freshwater lakes and can kill bathers, farm animals and domestic pets that drink the water are becoming more widespread across the world, according to new research. A combination of excess use of fertilizers containing phosphorus and nitrogen, untreated sewage releases, and warmer water caused by climate change is leading to an increasing threat of ...

Mar. 13, 2015

By Climate News Network

Chemical-free Algae Control Category Winner of the Aquatech Innovation Award 2015

Last week LG Sonic received the Aquatech Innovation Award 2015 in the category water supply/water treatment for the development and commercialization of the MPC-Buoy. This environmentally friendly system controls toxic algal blooms by using ultrasound technology. The winners were announced during the festive opening ceremony of the Amsterdam International Water Week and Aquatech Amsterdam on ...

Nov. 12, 2015

By LG Sonic

LG Sonic algae control selected as Dutch winner of the Energy Globe Award

Today LG Sonic received the prestigious Energy Globe National Award for the development and commercialization of the MPC-Buoy. This solar-powered system controls toxic algal blooms by using ultrasound technology. Representatives from the Embassy of Austria handed the award, signed by Energy Globe Jury chairperson Maneka Gandhi and Energy Globe initiator Mr. Wolfgang Neumann, during a company ...

Sep. 15, 2016

By LG Sonic

AWWA presents part one of algae source to treatment webcast series

On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will host the Algae Source to Treatment: Sampling Methods, Online Monitoring, and Cyanobacteria webcast. Part one of a two-part series, the webcast will review the most common and problematic algae in surface water supplies, including cyanobacteria or blue-green algae. The webcast will focus on identifying sampling and ...

Mar. 21, 2011

By American Water Works Association (AWWA)

American Water and LG Sonic Receive Award for Chemical-Free Algae Control

American Water, America’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, and LG Sonic, a Dutch manufacturer of algae control systems, received a Business Achievement Award from the Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) yesterday for the installation of four solar-powered algae control buoys (MPC-Buoys) in a drinking water reservoir at the Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant in ...

Mar. 12, 2015

By LG Sonic

LG Sonic Algae Control selected as Dutch winner of the Energy Globe Award

Today LG Sonic received the prestigious Energy Globe National Award for the development and commercialization of the MPC-Buoy. This solar-powered algae control system controls toxic algal blooms by using ultrasound technology. Representatives from the Embassy of Austria handed the award, signed by Energy Globe ...

Sep. 16, 2016

By LG Sonic

Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska

A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel. This coastal ribbon of microscopic algae, up to 40 miles wide and 650 feet deep in places, is flourishing amid unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures. It now stretches from at ...

Aug. 4, 2015

By Associated Press

LG Sonic invited to provide seminar about algae control during water quality conference in Portland, USA

LG Sonic is invited to present and exhibit during the Water Quality Technology Conference in Portland, Oregon, USA. This conference provides a practical forum for a wide range of water technology professionals to exchange the latest research and information. At the exhibition, LG Sonic will showcase its latest technologies to control algal blooms in lakes and reservoirs. Cyanobacteria, also known ...

Nov. 8, 2017

By LG Sonic

Green Slime plagues Florida, drives home importance of nutrient removal

While most of the country was seeing red, white, and blue this past Fourth of July, many Florida residents were seeing green. Massive algae blooms filled the St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon with thick, green, toxic slime, promoting Florida governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency in the countries on the state’s Atlantic Coast, ...

Jul. 27, 2016

By KLa Systems, Inc.

Real time surface water quality monitoring

During Aquatech 2015 the Dutch company BlueLeg Monitor launched the newly developed fixed position EcoWatch for continuous real time surface water monitoring focusing upon relevant ecological water parameters. A new method to determine surface water quality is to use the color characteristics of the water using spectrometers and to interpret the spectral graphs with sophisticated algorithms. ...

Nov. 5, 2015

By BlueLeg Monitor BV

Real-time Monitoring - through swell and high water

Estuaries on the west coast of Wales represent some of the most challenging conditions for environmental monitoring. However, staff from monitoring solutions company YSI Hydrodata and Environment Agency specialists have combined to develop a solar powered water quality monitoring pontoon which is providing 24/7 data that previously would have been an impossible dream. Background ...

Jun. 22, 2011

By YSI Hydrodata - a Xylem brand

LG Sonic and American Water Announce innovative partnership to monitor and control algal blooms

American Water, America’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, and LG Sonic, a Dutch manufacturer of algae control systems, today announced it has formed a partnership to perform ultrasonic algae control in water treatment plants. This makes LG Sonic the first European company that succeeded to become a ...

Apr. 23, 2015

By LG Sonic

LG Sonic and American Water Announce Innovative Partnership to Monitor and Control Algal Blooms

American Water, America’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, and LG Sonic, a Dutch manufacturer of algae control systems, today announced it has formed a partnership to perform ultrasonic algae control in water treatment plants. This makes LG Sonic the first European company that succeeded to become a ...

Apr. 23, 2015

By LG Sonic

New submersible logger for Turner Designs Cyclops-7 Sensor provides in situ monitoring

Turner Designs Cyclops-7 Sensors include Blue Green Algae, CDOM/FDOM, Chlorophyll, Crude Oil, Fluorescein Dye, Optical Brighteners, Tryptophan, Refined Fuels, Rhodamine WT Dye, Turbidity Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. (PME), an internationally known freshwater instrument design corporation is proud to announce the release of the Cyclops-7 Logger, a submersible, portable device that ...

Dec. 7, 2012

By Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. (PME)

At annual swim event in Charles river, yearly water quality remains good; EPA grade from 2010 monitoring: B+

As local residents eager to reestablish swimming in the Charles River held an annual swim event, EPA announced a grade of “B+” reflecting monitoring data that showed that during 2010, the Charles River continued to have acceptable water quality for boating and swimming. This progress is thanks to the intensive Clean Charles Initiative began in 1995. EPA’s grade of B+ for the ...

Jun. 4, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Algal bloom in baltic sea

This Envisat image, with courtesy of ESA, captures blue-green algae blooms filling the Baltic Sea, which is roughly 1,600km long, 190km wide and has a surface area of about 377,000 sq km. "Algae bloom" is the term used to describe the rapid multiplying of phytoplankton, microscopic marine plants that drift on or near the surface of the sea. Floating freely in the water, phytoplankton are ...

Jul. 27, 2010

Oxygen situation in the Gulf of Finland has deteriorated

The research vessels Aranda and Muikku have returned from their annual monitoring expeditions during which they studied the conditions in the northern Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland, and the Archipelago Sea. The oxygen situation especially in the open parts of western Gulf of Finland has deteriorated. Due to the absence of ice cover, the coastal water masses were efficiently mixed. One of the ...

Sep. 5, 2008

By Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

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