Subcommittees launched to enhance freshwater HABs monitoring, assessment statewide

The California Cyanobacterial and Harmful Algal Bloom (CCHAB) Network is convening a trio of subcommittees to be co-led by SCCWRP that will work to improve how freshwater HABs (harmful algal blooms) get monitored statewide and how ecological effects get assessed.

The three subcommittees, which are expected to begin meeting this spring, will examine how to incorporate drones and other aerial technologies into HAB monitoring, how to update HAB field monitoring instruments, and how to assess the effects of HABs on fish and wildlife, respectively. The CCHAB Network is a workgroup of the California Water Quality Monitoring Council.

The groups are currently in the process of scoping their goals. For more information or to join one or more of the subcommittees, contact Dr. Jayme Smith.