Water Levels and Flows
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The Board is supported by staff of the US and Canadian federal governments and the IJC.
Developing sound recommendations for a shared a body of water is a lot like following a recipe: if you don’t know how ingredients will interact, the results can end up falling short of what you were expecting.
The Red River is susceptible to periods of dry conditions that have the potential to adversely impact ecological conditions and water supply.
In 2016, as a result of catastrophic flooding along Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River in spring 2011, the governments of Canada and the United States instructed the International Joint Commission (IJC) to “fully explore the causes, impacts, risks and solutions to flooding in the Lake…
This is the third article in a series highlighting how communities along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are using innovative solutions to adapt to the current period of high water levels, focusing on work in New York, Ontario and Quebec to prepare for extreme water levels in the future.