HAB Resources from Other Federal Agencies and Organizations

This page offers a compilation of HAB resources from federal agencies, national organizations and international health and environmental agencies.

• Other Federal Agencies
• Other Organizations

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Other Federal Agencies

Interagency Working Group – Harmful Algal Bloom Research and Control Act (IWG-HABHRCA)

• What You Need to Know About Registering Pesticides - YouTube
• Intro to CWA/NPDES requirements for Chemical Use in Surface Waters - YouTube
• Intro to States Administering their Programs under FIFRA and CWA/NPDES - YouTube

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• 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
• Harmful Algal Blooms and Health - YouTube

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• 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
• NOAA Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) HABs bulletins

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• How to Protect Livestock from Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) | Natural Resources Conservation Service

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• Field and laboratory guide to freshwater cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms for Native American and Alaska Native Communities (pdf)
• 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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Citizen Scientists Track Algal Blooms

US Army Corps of Engineer (USACE)

• USACE’s Engineer Research and Development Center Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom Research and Development Initiatives
• USACE Louisville District

Other Organizations

Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC)

• Strategies for Preventing and Managing Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms Guidance
• Strategies for Preventing and Managing Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (BENTHIC)

Water Research Foundation Resources

• 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

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water, 2^nd Edition
• 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

Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA)

• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)

Australia

• 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

New Zealand

• New Zealand guidelines for cyanobacteria in recreational fresh waters: Interim guidelines
• Algal monitoring service
• Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand– New Zealand Legislation
• Toxic algae in our rivers – What New Zealanders need to know (2023)

Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health

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

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

• Preventing Harmful Algal Blooms and Cryptosporidium Spread in Recreational Water: Quick Guides for Health Departments - NACCHO
• Quick Guide - Harmful Algal Blooms (naccho.org)

Other Resources

• California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network eDNA Webinar Series, including for HABs
• SWAMP's California Freshwater HAB Field Guide - CyanoHABs Laboratory List (pdf)
• Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Distribution of HABs in the U.S.
• EPA Drinking Water Health Advisories for Cyanotoxins
• Recreational Water Quality Criteria and Methods