Cleveland Water Alliance is featured discussing our partnership with Old Woman Creek, highlighting the site’s vital role as a real-world testbed for stress-testing and advancing innovative water quality monitoring technologies.
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Ohio’s Old Woman Creek Reserve has become a testing ground for innovative technology designed to make water quality monitoring faster, more affordable, and more accessible for scientists and resource managers as they track harmful algal blooms (HABs) across the Great Lakes.
Located along the shores of Lake Erie, the Reserve sits in a watershed heavily influenced by agriculture and stormwater. Runoff carries excess nutrients into the lake, fueling harmful algal blooms, which can threaten drinking water supplies, recreation, and the health of local fisheries.
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“Old Woman Creek Reserve has been a fundamental partner in helping us test and advance technology,” says Samantha Martin, Director of Communications and Engagement at Cleveland Water Alliance. “The location is perfect for tech deployments, offering a wide range of lake conditions to stress test these innovations out of a lab environment. The team at the Reserve also has a wealth of expertise in water management, sharing feedback, best practices, and considerations with our innovators.”
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