Tag: sediment

Researchers Studying Behviour of Microplastics in Great Lakes

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Using the Great Lakes as a laboratory, sedimentary petrologist Patricia Corcoran and her students at Western University in London, Ontario are studying the behaviour...

Nanaimo Increases System Efficiency Through New Facility

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In May, the City of Nanaimo's Engineering and Public Works Department completed the annual water main flushing program. This year,  Nanaimo’s new water treatment...

Dioxin-like Chemical of Concern Mapped in Great Lakes

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have mapped the location of thousands of tons of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs), an emerging chemical of...

Paul Karrow Received Watershed Award

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Paul Karrow has received a Watershed Award from the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) for his 60-year career contribution to watershed research in the Waterloo...

Wheatley Harbour Restored

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Wheatley Harbour, Ontario is once again a clean and healthy aquatic ecosystem, announced Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex last week. Wheatley Harbour was...

Chemainus Wells Water Supply Project Approved

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The District of North Cowichan, B.C. has received an environmental assessment (EA) certificate for its proposal to install and operate a groundwater supply for...

Ike’s Effects Linger in Great Lakes

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Although Hurricane Ike is long gone, its impact lingers more than a thousand miles from where it made landfall. Runoff from tributaries dumped massive...

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