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 Items tagged: Lake ErieItems Found: 6OCWA Lands $35M Operating ContractJanuary 20, 2012 - 2:18 pm The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has been awarded a five-year contract to operate the water treatment and transmission systems of the two water systems which provide clean drinking water to 14 municipalities located between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The value of the five-year contract is $35.1... Cultivating GrowthNovember 21, 2011 - 9:19 am Situated in the agricultural heartland of Ontario, Rondeau Bay is an important ecosystem. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), it’s an important spawning and nursery area for bass and pike, a major stopover for migratory birds and a refuge for a number of rare and threatened Great... Categories: Features As Seen From SpaceNovember 9, 2011 - 1:17 pm “This is considered the worst bloom in decades," says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who measured 50 times more microcystin in Lake Erie in the summer of 2011 than the World Health Organization recommends for safe recreation. The reasons... Categories: Blog Ship WreckedJuly 18, 2010 - 9:45 am It’s a cool, wet morning in late April 2008. Somewhere in the islands near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Jeff Reutter, director of the Stone Lab, has just hauled in the net from a five-minute trawl. The good news is that there are plenty of fish. “More than I’d expected at this time of year,” says Reutter... Categories: Features Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement ExtendedApril 1, 2010 - 9:22 am The 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) has been extended to March 31, 2011. The agreement, signed in June 2007, was set to expire on March 31, 2010.The COA establishes an action plan and roles and responsibilities between federal and provincial ministries... Categories: International, News, Ontario Boil Your Water: Three Years, and CountingApril 14, 2009 - 9:27 am Last April, a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed there were 1,766 boil-water advisories in effect across the country. The report identified Ontario as the worst-hit area, with 679 advisories; B.C. followed with 530. As of this past weekend, approximately 1,200 homes in the Township... Categories: Blog |
