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 Items tagged: water qualityItems Found: 27Yellowknife Summit Draws Concerns on WaterNovember 6, 2008 - 12:50 pm Aboriginal leaders, scientists and environmental activists from across Canada are talking this week about water quality at a national summit in Yellowknife, reports CBC News. More than 100 delegates gathered for the Dene Nation's National Environment and Water Summit to discuss issues such as the... Categories: News, Northern Canada Draft Boron Guidelines Available for ReviewOctober 29, 2008 - 12:52 pm A draft version of Canadian Water Quality Guideline for the Protection of Aquatic Life - Boron, based on a scientific criteria document contributed by Ontario Ministry of Environment, is available for 30-day public review and comment until November 28, 2008. For details, visit the Canadian Council... Ike’s Effects Linger in Great LakesOctober 3, 2008 - 7:11 am Although Hurricane Ike is long gone, its impact lingers more than a thousand miles from where it made landfall. Runoff from tributaries dumped massive amounts of sediment into Lake Michigan, contaminating the water, compromising near-shore navigation and raising E. coli bacteria to levels unsafe for... Categories: International, News Deadline Extension for Lake Winnipeg Stewardship FundSeptember 4, 2008 - 12:37 pm Due to overwhelming interest to help protect Lake Winnipeg, the deadline for project submissions to the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Fund is being extended from September 1 to September 30. Yesterday James Bezan, MP for Selkirk-Interlake, made the announcement on behalf of Manitoba Regional Minister... Categories: News, Western Canada CAW, AFN Celebrate Clean Well WaterAugust 25, 2008 - 9:05 am On Wednesday, Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine and Canadian Auto Workers union president Buzz Hargrove will visit the community of Little Salmon Carmacks to celebrate the work completed this summer by CAW volunteers. This is the latest successful corporate partnership venture... Ontario to Develop Plan to Protect Lake SimcoeJune 18, 2008 - 1:28 pm The Province of Ontario announced this week it is taking a major step to address the effects more than 200 years of human activity have had on Lake Simcoe’s water quality and ecosystem.Legislation introduced Tuesday would, if passed, require the province to develop a comprehensive plan to protect and... Categories: News AWWA Urges Science-Based Approach in Addressing Pharmaceutical Compounds in WaterApril 16, 2008 - 2:43 pm To responsibly address the issue of pharmaceutical compounds in drinking water, scientists must know at what concentration these substances impact human health, not simply whether they can be detected, a leading expert told a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday.Testifying on behalf of the American Water... Categories: News |
