Since 2014 when drinking water from the lake was shut down because of the green tide the Ohio Farmers are still not on board to preventing fertilizer run off. As much as they are screaming they are over regulated by the state they are willing to do nothing on their own to prevent it. One thing for sure if the farming industry doesn't take part in coming up with solutions they will not be happy when the state of Ohio forces it on them. You can't deny the every ditch runs back to the lake eventually and if the farmer is not responsible for their run off then who is. Now I know what you will say that it's waste water plants and people fertilizing their yard is the cause but studies have proved that waste water plant regulations have reduce their involvement and landscaping fertilizer break down before contributing to the problem. There is 4 commercial dairies with in a 5 mile radius in my area alone and if the fields don't have crops on them they are brown with liquid manure. All these fields have plastic field drains and with the concentration of manure on these field they might as well be pumping it right into the surrounding creeks. I don't have a solution but Lake Erie is not going to fix itself and I for one I would love to see the lake clear again it's not supposed to be green. By no means is this a shot at any farm that have done there share of prevention but if any agricultural run off is causing a problem with Lake Erie then why wouldn't it be dealt with.