Coastal wetlands in the Great Lakes basin are recovering, providing habitat and natural water filtering along the shores.
Water Quality
In its draft Triennial Assessment of Progress (TAP) report under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the International Joint Commission commends Canada and the United States for their exemplary binational commitment and dedicated effort to meet several of the Agreement’s goals.
This issue of Great Lakes Connection focuses on the IJC’s draft Triennial Assessment of Progress.
Do the Great Lakes provide safe, high quality drinking water? Can we swim and fish without health concerns? Are fish and other aquatic species thriving or declining? To answer these questions, scientists and governments need accurate measures, or indicators, that reflect the health of the Great…
When the United States and Canada signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 2012, the two countries agreed to draw up a list of chemicals of mutual concern (CMCs): human-made substances that pose a threat to human health and the environment that the governments want to target for binational…
Out on the Great Lakes, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Lake Guardian research vessel is not your typical ship.
The International Joint Commission (IJC) invites public comment on its Preliminary Recommendations on Microplastics in the Great Lakes for binational, science, policy, and education solutions to microplastic pollution.
One of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s objectives is to make sure that the lakes are a source of safe, high-quality drinking water.
The IJC’s primary role under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is to determine and report on the effectiveness of progress by Canada and the United States to restore and protect the Great Lakes. This includes obtaining public input on that progress and recommending further actions the two…
Ontario’s 2006 Clean Water Act is part of the province’s multi-barrier approach to ensure clean, safe and sustainable drinking water by protecting sources including lakes, rivers and wells.