Earlier this year, the researchers reported that poorer lake water quality increased the odds of living in a hot spot. (scientificamerican.com)
Surprisingly, we got one last week, as Environment Minister Peter Kent and EPA administrator Lisa Jackson approved a new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in Washington. (treehugger.com)
A new report shows that if farmers apply agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on half the cropland in the Maumee River watershed, the amount of total phosphorus and dissolved reactive phosphorus leaving the watershed would drop by 40 percent in an average rainfall year — the amount agreed to in the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. (sciencedaily.com)