AREA OF CONCERN

Canada

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Bay of Quinte, Ontario
(This section includes Stage of RAP development, Beneficial Use Impairments and their delisting targets, and information on whether the AOC has been accurately mapped.)

Stage of RAP Development:

2

Are electronic maps available that include the AOC's geographic boundaries and associated sources of pollution?

Yes

Beneficial Use Impairments (BUI):
(The BUI will appear underlined if a delisting target has been determined.
If underlined, click on the BUI to display the delisting target.)

Restrictions on Fish and Wildlife Consumption

Restore the Bay of Quinte ecosystem to a condition in which there are no restrictions on fish and wildlife consumption attributable to anthropogenic sources of contamination from within the Area of Concern.

Degraded Fish and Wildlife Populations

Restore the Bay of Quinte ecosystem to conditions capable of supporting a more diverse and stable community structure including a top-level predator assemblage of northern pike, smallmouth bass and walleye that existed prior to the onset of hyper-eutrophic conditions in the bay.

Degradation of Benthos

Restore the Bay of Quinte ecosystem to conditions capable of supporting a diverse and stable benthic community structure including pollution sensitive species that existed prior to the onset of hyper-eutrophic conditions in the bay.

Restrictions on Dredging Activities

Prevent degradation of sediments and protect benthic organisms by accomplishing the virtual elimination of persistent toxic contaminants inputs to the bay/and prevent potentially harmful disturbances of in-place contaminants by regulating the methods of dredging, transportation and disposal of bay sediments.

Eutrophication or Undesirable Algae

Restore the trophic status of the Bay of Quinte ecosystem to a condition capable of supporting a more diverse and stable community structure, improved water clarity and more palatable drinking water. The numerical objectives for attainment of these goals are to: (1) reduce the phosphorus concentration in the Upper Bay of Quinte water to 30 ug/L; (2) reduce algal biomass to between 4 and 5 mm 3 /L and increase macrophyte coverage so that 30 percent of the Upper Bay of Quinte has greater than 50 percent macrophyte coverage.

Restrictions on Drinking Water Consumption or Taste and Odor Problems

Maintain all treated drinking water supplies in compliance with Provincial Drinking Water Objectives and improve the palatability of drinking water drawn from the bay by reducing the biomass of taste and odour causing algae.

Beach Closings

Restore bacteriological quality throughout the Area of Concern to achieve the objectives of zero beach closures and E. coli densities of 100 organisms or less per 100 ml of water throughout the bay.

Degradation of Aesthetics

Improve water clarity and reduce the frequency and intensity of algal blooms by reducing algal to within the range of 4 to 5 mm 3 /L.

Degradation of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Populations

Restore the Bay of Quinte ecosystem to conditions capable of supporting a more diverse and abundant zooplankton community and reduce phytoplankton abundance to a biomass in the range of 4 to 5 mm 3 /L.

Loss of Fish and Wildlife Habitat

Re-establish and maintain aquatic, shoreline and wildlife conditions within the Bay of Quinte ecosystem capable of supporting healthy, diverse, stable and self-sustaining aquatic and terrestrial communities by: (1) encouraging restoration of damaged habitats, and (2) applying a principle of Ano net loss of the productive capacity of habitat to all development.

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT

Estimated remaining volume of contaminated sediment within the AOC:

no information

Remediation to Date
Project Name:	Amount Remediated:	Remediation Cost:
Natural Recovery		$0

Planned Action Regarding Sediment Remediation
Project Name:	Amt. to be Remediated:	Estimated Cost:
Assessment of remediation options for Myers Pier and Zuick's Island underway		$0

WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE

Improvements to Wastewater Infrastructure - Dollars Spent:
Cleanup Fund (CUF) / Great Lakes Sustainability Fund (GLSF)	$1300000
Ontario	$61000000
At sewage treatment plants bordering directly on the bay phosphorus loads reduced from 50kg/day to less than 25kg/day	$

Identified Future Costs for Wastewater Infra. - Dollars Needed:
Belleville Stormwater Project	$3100000
Development & Implementation of Pollution Prevention and Control Plans for Greater Napanee, Picton & Deseronto	$0

HABITAT

Projects / Proposals / Costs:

$7500000 on 24 projects - CUF/GLSF

Restoration of 50km. of shoreline

Protection of 385 ha. of wetlands

Over 800 ha. of wetland rehabilitated

Completed rural activities to decrease phosphorus inputs

Fish habitat management strategy implemented

Landowner habitat enhancement project

Natural Heritage Strategy projects completed

Habitat Enhancement Program undertook 105 projects, including tree plantings, livestock restrictions, forest management plans

OTHER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Issues, including National Priority List (NPL) sites:

4 non-point source control projects - $7400000

Action Plan developed (2001-2005) identifies 25 actions to delist the impaired beneficial uses

MANAGEMENT

Federal	Rimi Kalinauskas, Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin St. Downsview, ON M3H 5T4 (416) 739-5836
Provincial	Janet Anderson, OMOE Great Lakes Advisory-Lake Ont 133 Dalton Ave. Kingston, Ontario K7L 4X6 (613) 549-4000x2673
Local	Barry Jones, Implementation Officer 441 Front Street Trenton, ON K8V 6C1 (613) 394-4829x13

LINK TO ENVIRONMENT CANADA WEBSITE

Please Note: Values provided are intended as indicators only, and may not capture all expenditures or work done. Summary is based on best available Information. "No Information" indicates relevant information was not available at time of publication.