Friday, August 8, 2025
Farmers, Cities Team Up to Help Meet 40 Per Cent Target
The Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative (PRC) is moving into the next phase in developing practical ways to reduce the amount of phosphorus getting into…
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Lake Erie Action Plan to Reduce Phosphorus Loads by 40%
The governments of Canada and Ontario have released the final Lake Erie Action Plan. The plan identifies more than 120 federal, provincial, and partner actions…
Earth Day 2018 will Begin an Effort to End Plastic Pollution
On Earth Day 2018, the Earth Day Network (EDN) will launch an ongoing effort to end plastic pollution. Yesterday, EDN announced that this April 22nd…
As a Water Crisis Looms in Cape Town, Could It Happen in Canada?
The city of Cape Town, South Africa is under extreme water rationing and heading towards complete depletion of its municipal water supply. When Day Zero—the…
A New Report Details Phosphorus Transmission to Lake Erie
Today, the International Joint Commission (IJC) released its report, Fertilizer Application Patterns and Trends and Their Implications for Water Quality in the Western Lake Erie…
IAGLR Calls for Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations
The International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) is soliciting nominations for the 2018 IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors a person who has made…
Canada Accepting Proposals for Projects to Protect Fresh Water
Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, launched the annual call for proposals for seven existing environmental funding programs that will provide…
Canada’s Asian Carp Program Receives Five-Year Funding Commitment
Canada’s Asian Carp Program will receive up to $20 million over five years due to a new government investment. Announced by Karina Gould, Minister for…
Duffin Creek Plant Finds Way Forward on Phosphorus Reduction
Ontario’s York and Durham regional municipalities have completed a study requested by the province’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change on strategies to further improve…
Researchers Receive $16M for Real-Time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network
The Great Lakes will soon have a network of greater capacity to observe ecosystem changes thanks to a plan hatched by a University of Windsor researcher and funding…
Water Canada’s Top Stories for 2017
High Five Basking in the halo of Canada 150 celebrations, 2017 was a year of political tension and turmoil when it comes to our water.…
Top 5 Water Science Stories 2017
1. National watershed assessment We rejoice when water is prominent in the mainstream media. When WWF-Canada released the first-ever national assessment of Canada’s freshwater underscoring…
Top 5 Water in Politics Stories 2017
1. SAD lakes The Great Lakes had a tough year. Lake Erie is not looking so healthy, Asian Carp continue their inexorable marathon towards ecosystem disruption,…
Fish Exposed to Treated Wastewater Demonstrate Altered Behaviour
A team of researchers from Environment Canada and Climate Change Canada and McMaster University have found that fish living downstream from a wastewater treatment plant…
Montreal Mayoral Candidate Campaigns on Water Issues
Valérie Plante, a frontrunner in the mayoral election race in the City of Montréal, is campaigning on the issue of water quality and municipal infrastructure. She…
Deep Blue Art Exhibit Opens in Ontario
Fold, crease, repeat, complete! On Thursday, October 12, the Ontario Science Centre unveiled DEEP BLUE, a stunning, collaborative art installation comprised of more than 2000 origami…
Research on HABS and Lake Erie Water Quality
Water quality conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose health risks for Ohioans in coastal communities that use the lake as their drinking water source.…
AquaHacking Offers Five Innovative Solutions for Lake Erie
Leaders from government, First Nations, philanthropically minded businesses, and youth activists came together for the 2017 AquaHacking Summit to address the many issues facing the…
COSIA Director Joins Wilfrid Laurier Water Initiative
Kelly Munkittrick has been named Wilfrid Laurier’s executive director of cold regions and water initiatives, a newly created position within the university. A former director of monitoring with…
Grass Carp Eggs Found in Lake Erie Tributary
Yesterday, the U.S.’s Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee and the bi-national Council of Great Lakes Fishery Agencies announced the discovery of grass carp eggs in…
Blue-Green Algae, Cyanobacteria Identified in Lower Thames
The Lower Thames Conservation Authority (LTVCA) has confirmed that the Thames River is experiencing a toxic blue-green algae event. On August 28, LTVCA staff noted…
Hamilton, Ont., Begins $340M Upgrade to Wastewater Plant
Over the next five years, Hamilton’s Woodward Wastewater Treatment Plant will receive $340 million in upgrades. The first project under this multi-year, multi-phase initiative officially…
Ontario Invests in Partnerships to Quell Invasive Species
Kathryn McGarry, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry and Jeff Leal, MPP for Peterborough, were in Peterborough yesterday to announce a number of new investments…
U.S. Army Corps Releases Asian Carp Study
Following a five month delay and political interference, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the study that evaluated control options and technologies to…