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More Details Released on Lake George Partnership with Skaneateles Lake

The Jefferson Project has deployed sensor technology to Skaneateles Lake, a Class AA water body and sister lake to Lake George, which has already experienced multiple toxic algal blooms this summer.

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Taking the Jefferson Project on the Road to Other Fresh Water Bodies

Dr. John Kelly, the Director of IBM Research, noted at The FUND for Lake George’s annual meeting on July 7 that the Jefferson Project’s mission was to both maintain a facility in Bolton Landing to study and protect Lake George “into perpetuity,” while, at the same time, “globalizing” the technology developed here.

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No Quick Fix for Florida Algae, But Hope in Limiting Runoff

Other states are experimenting with new information-intensive approaches to address algal blooms. IBM’s technology is being used to control harmful algal blooms on a lake used for recreation in central New York that also serves as a drinking water source for 200,000 people. The technology was developed for use on Lake George in northern New York, where IBM and its partner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, store and analyze an estimated 9 tetrabytes of data each year, according to the company. The project also receives support from The FUND for Lake George.

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