Water Quality
Of all the wonderful tours and information Commissioners received during July and August visits to northern Lake Michigan, Georgian Bay and southern Lake Huron, perhaps the most valuable was the clear message of how treasured the Great Lakes are to residents in these regions.
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Not everyone can write a sonnet like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the famous English poet responsible for those lines. But not everyone has the science or legal chops to craft a powerful public comment on Great Lakes water quality, either.
Tomato plant roots are an effective, inexpensive and environmentally friendly way to remove nutrients such as phosphate from water systems, according to recently published research out of the University of Windsor. The roots’ abilities compare favorably to commonly used materials such as sawdust or…
A recent workshop in the Niagara region of Ontario helped gather ideas on how the Commission can improve the inclusion and engagement of First Nations, Métis and tribes in its transboundary work.
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has appointed ten new members from Canada and the United States to its Great Lakes Water Quality and Great Lakes Science Advisory Boards under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) as well as to its Health Professionals Advisory Board. Members are…
Flooding is impacting all of the Great Lakes and understandably dominating headlines and concerns of shoreline communities. At the IJC’s first public consultations of 2019 to consider progress to restore and protect the lakes, researchers and residents reaffirmed that water quality issues also…
The IJC held its last round of public consultations around the Great Lakes in 2016-2017 in several locations around the lower lakes – particularly Lakes Erie and Ontario.
In 2018, Swim Drink Fish received funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to bring low-cost, reliable citizen science water quality monitoring to swimming and recreational water sites on the Great Lakes.