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AJMAN // Tens of millions of dirhams have been allocated to preserve and clean up the waterfront and beaches of Ajman to help attract more tourists. Authorities will also boost scrutiny of water polluters and work to prevent a recurrence of last year's algal bloom, which caused disruption to businesses and tourism.

ESPERANCE Shire health officers are monitoring a recent outbreak of algal bloom which is sporadically appearing between Port Beach and Bandy Creek Boat Harbour in Esperance.

In China, 21% of available fresh water is already unusable for agriculture due to pollution, and rising. This will create a growing tension between industry and agriculture.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lawmakers gave final approval Monday to measures limiting the amount of pollution-causing nutrients entering Barnegat Bay, upgrading storm basins in the region and requiring contractors to restore soil to its original condition once work is done.

A Temuka fisherman believes health warnings on the Opihi River should extend to the fishery. Health authorities issued warnings last week after algal bloom was found in the Opihi and Pareora rivers. Water surveys found moderate levels of the potentially toxic blue-green algae Phormidium, which is accumulating along the river edges.

The government recently adopted various measures to improve the nation's sewage treatment system in order to solve a growing water pollution problem.

Harmful algal blooms (HAB), lethal for human beings and marine ecosystems alike, are steadily increasing in intensity in the Indian waters. Researchers have found out that the toxic blooms had increased by around 15 per cent over the last 12 years in Indian seas.

Dubai: Satellite imagery showing patches of algae off the east coast are not a harmful algal bloom, marine biologists from the Ministry of Environment and Water have confirmed, though the threat lingers.

Charles Yarish is, by his own definition, a seaweed enthusiast. Over his 35-year career, the Stamford professor of ecology and evolutionary biology has followed his marine algae instincts around the world, studying seaweeds’ relationships, their physiology, and their interactions with the world around them. Yarish’s most recent endeavor will use seaweeds to clean up pollution from human sources, as well as waste from fish and even people.

Following the closure of some of the UK's most stunning lakes, a dynamic campaign has been set up to stop phosphates from washing detergents causing algal blooms

A new plan to clean up Lake Okeechobee water pollution doesn't go far enough and needs to include more limits on agriculture and other polluting landowners, according to Audubon of Florida.

Boaters and fishermen who use Barnegat Bay like the state's proposals to reduce lawn fertilizer over-use that pollutes the bay and bring in $110 million to rebuild storm water systems in Ocean County.

On average days, there is a little algae in the water. After a storm, there may be 100 times more, because so much nitrogen and phosphorus – the basics of fertilizer – is flushed into the Chesapeake Bay.

China is mulling over raising sewage treatment charges in 2011 to curb the losses of water treatment enterprises in China, according to Sun Xuetao, head of the Water Resources Division of the Ministry of Water Resources.

Last month, researchers met in Qingdao, China, to plot strategy on a 5-year, $4 million mission to understand the disturbing ascendancy of jellyfish in Asian waters

Texas officials and coastal managers will now receive early notice of outbreaks of toxic algae that threaten public health and affect beach and fishing activities along the coast.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted on Wednesday the ban on gathering and eating shellfish from the coast of Bataan and other areas of Manila Bay, allowing thousands of families dependent on the shellfish industry to return to their trade.

A "red tide" has caused the death of 32 tons of sea animals on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, the Mehr news agency reported.

The ministry imposed sanctions on the Dan Region Water Society for failure to report on time the dumping or discharge of water or wastewater into the sea and for failing to reduce the quantity of sludge discharged to sea by 15% by means of N-Viro treatment beginning in July 2010 .

The expected rapid urbanization during the coming 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) will threaten the security of China's water resources, authorities said.