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High Lake Ontario Outflows Continue

HIGH LAKE ONTARIO OUTFLOWS CONTINUE - The outflow from Lake Ontario remains very high and it continues to be gradually increased in response to rising Lake Ontario levels and persistently high inflows from Lake Erie.

New Report Confirms 2017 Floods on Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Caused by Extreme Weather

A new report by the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board provides a detailed account of the record-breaking flood of 2017, and what the board did to reduce the levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

Connecting Water Levels to Water Quality: The Case of Mercury

The creation of the Moses-Saunders hydropower dam across the St. Lawrence River in the late 1950s provided an ongoing abundant supply of electricity, but the regulation of river flows it allowed constrained water levels on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River unnaturally. As a consequence…

IJC Presents Findings for Climate Change, Crude Oil Transport, Water Quantity and Quality at Healing Our Waters Conference

 

We Want to Hear from You About Record High Water Levels

 

How Are Great Lakes Water Level Regulation Plans Performing?

By Wendy Leger and Arun Heer, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Adaptive Management Committee

Flooding Studies, Regulation Plans, and the IJC Annual Activities Report

Thanks to trends showing changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and droughts in regions across the Canada-US border, the IJC spent 2016 working on new policies and recommendations to help governments adapt and prepare for the future, according to a newly released…

Extreme Conditions and Challenges During High Water Levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River

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NY Sea Grant, Cornell University to Survey High Water Impact

To help Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River communities document the impact of record-breaking water levels, New York Sea Grant awarded rapid response funding to Cornell University to develop and conduct high water impact surveys.

Wrapping Up our Spring Semi-Annual

May was the month for our Spring 2017 Semi-Annual Meeting, which brought IJC boards from across the transboundary region to Washington, D.C.

The Semi-Annual is a time for boards to meet with Commissioners and share updates about ongoing projects and emerging issues.