Partners

Lake Management

Federal, state and local agencies monitor lakes and reservoirs with high recreational use. When cyanobacteria harmful algae blooms (CyanoHABs) are suspected, these agencies provides OHA with information, inlcuding visual indications of a bloom or cyanotoxin results from water samples, which are used to issue recreational use advisories. 

We consistently work with:

• Devils Lake Water Improvement District manages Devils Lake, located in Lincoln County, and does routine visual inspection for CyanoHABs.  
• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality provides OHA with consultation and expertise on water quality and cyanotoxin sampling to protect Oregon's rivers, lakes, streams, and groundwater.
  
• Tenmile Lake Basin Partnership monitors Tenmile Lakes (Coos County) and works to improve water quality in the Tenmile Lakes Watershed. 
  
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts limited monitoring on select waterbodies and focuses on education and outreach. 
  
• U.S. Forest Service monitors recreational waterbodies on Forest Service land for CyanoHABs.
  

Public Health Protection

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works on a national level to educate and promote clean water for healthy swimming in recreational waters and to investigate the impact of harmful algae blooms on human health. The CDC also tracks illnesses from exposure to harmful algae blooms.

Washington Department of Health has a harmful algae bloom surveillance program and does toxin testing of algae blooms in Washington freshwaters.  

California CCHAB Network (pdf)

Shellfish Safety Closures