• Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)-Associated Illness website
• One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System (OHHABS)
• Drinking Water Advisory Communication Toolbox
• Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Toolkit

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Harmful Algal Blooms webpage

• Harmful Algal Blooms - Tiny Organisms with a Toxic Punch
• Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Research Program
• Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB) Program
• NOAA Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting System
• Harmful algal bloom forecasts: Gulf of Mexico; Lake Erie

• Field and laboratory guide to freshwater cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms for Native American and Alaska Native Communities (PDF) (54 pp, 8 MB)
• Kansas Algal Toxin Research Team
• USGS Microbiology Research Projects
• USGS Cooperative Water Program
• Guidelines for Design and Sampling for Cyanobacterial Toxin and Taste-and-Odor Studies in Lakes and Reservoirs

• Citizen Scientists Track Algal Blooms website

• USACE Louisville District
• Evaluation of the Destruction of the Harmful Cyanobacteria, Microcystis aeruginosa, with a Cavitation and Superoxide Generating Water Treatment Reactor
• Testing of the KRIA Ionizing Water Treatment System for Waters Contaminated with Diesel, PCBs, and Nutrients (Nitrogen Forms)

• Managing Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water: A Technical Guidance Manual for Drinking Water Professionals
• Understanding Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins Video
• Cyanobacterial (Blue-Green Algal) Toxins: A Resource Guide
• Assessment of Blue-Green Algal Toxins in Raw and Finished Drinking Water
• Removal of Algal Toxins from Drinking Water Using Ozone and GAC
• Treating Algal Toxins Using Oxidation, Adsorption, and Membrane Technologies
• Evaluation of Integrated Membranes for Taste and Odor and Algal Toxin Control
• Rapid Detection of Cyanobacterial By-Products in Drinking Water
• Determination and Significance of Emerging Algal Toxins (Cyanotoxins)
• Development of Molecular Reporters for Microcystis Activity and Toxicity
• Early Detection of Cyanobacterial Toxins Using Genetic Methods
• Methods for Measuring Toxins in Finished Water
• Criteria for Quality Control Protocols for Various Algal Toxin Methods
• Reservoir Management Strategies for the Control and Degradation of Algal Toxins
• International Guidance Manual for the Management of Toxic Cyanobacteria
• Optimizing Conventional Treatment for Removal of Cyanobacteria and Toxins

• Toxic cyanobacteria in water: A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management
• Guidelines for Safe Recreational Waters Volume 1 - Coastal and Fresh Waters
• Water Related Diseases: Cyanobacterial Toxins
• Management of cyanobacteria in drinking-water supplies: Information for regulators and water suppliers
• Protecting Surface Water for Health. Identifying, assessing and managing drinking-water quality risks in surface water catchments

• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) website
• Nitrogen and Phosphorus "Nutrient" Pollution

• New South Wales Office of Water Algal Information
• Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water
• Management Strategies for Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) and their Toxins: a Guide for Water Utilities
• Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

• Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) and their Toxins
• Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Cyanobacterial Toxins – Microcystin-LR
• Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality

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