Sentences with phrase «great lakes water quality»

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.

By improving drainage to retain or remove more phosphorus before it discharges into waterways, this strategy will contribute to the binational and provincial 40 % phosphorus reduction target under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the Western Lake Erie Collaborative Agreement.

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972 was signed by Canada and the United States.

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would authorize money for programs to protect Great Lakes water quality.

The Wastewater Investment Initiative will include media tours of the wastewater treatment plant, public announcements and a forum with selected Great Lakes water quality and environmental experts.

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Water quality along Lake Michigan beaches and harbors from the Indiana border north to Highland Park remains «excellent,» according to a report released Thursday by the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.

Trump's proposal to cut the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 90 percent could hurt wildlife, water quality and people, environmental leaders say.

Advocates for the Great Lakes are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week to push for continued funding of cleanup programs and discuss water quality issues such as algae blooms and oil transportation.

$ 343,000 in 2016 Water Quality Improvement Project grants to support resilient, nature - based shoreline projects along Great Lakes shorelines.

• Erie County's Natural Habitat Pocket Parks along the Buffalo River, with staff from the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning helping to secure federal Great Lake Restoration Initiative Funding to provide better access to the River, improve the water quality and provided habitat for wildlife;

Water With Great Lake Ontario at our shores, Oswego County boasts one of the most abundant and highest - quality water supplies in the couWater With Great Lake Ontario at our shores, Oswego County boasts one of the most abundant and highest - quality water supplies in the couwater supplies in the country.

Eighteen Mile Creek, a meandering, lush stream in Niagara County known for its salmon and trout runs, is one of 43 highly contaminated sites that were designated «Great Lakes Areas of Concern» more than 20 years ago as part of a water - quality pact between the U.S. and Canada.

The buoy has been collecting water quality data since 2011 — data now powering new research that captures with unprecedented clarity the lakewide hypoxia afflicting this Great Lakes estuary every summer and fall.

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Municipalities may be forced to invest in new infrastructure to protect human health and water quality in the Great Lakes, and local communities could face tourism losses from fouled nearshore regions.

Stormwater runoff that overloads urban sewer systems during extreme events adds to increased levels of toxic substances, sewage, and bacteria in the Great Lakes, affecting water quality, beach health, and human well - being.

It's a matter of perspective if now or in the future you say «great, Lake Tahoe is a very clear lake,» or «too bad, water quality is much degraded from earlier times.&raLake Tahoe is a very clear lake,» or «too bad, water quality is much degraded from earlier times.&ralake,» or «too bad, water quality is much degraded from earlier times.»

When Americans do worry about the environment, they worry «a great deal» about the quality of their drinking water, followed by pollution of rivers and lakes.

The study, as explained by the Great Lakes Commission, is aimed at developing options for separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River «while improving transportation, water quality and flood control.»

Forty years ago, the great environmental President Richard Nixon and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau signed the international water quality agreement that brought Lake Erie back to life.

Look at the «News Reel» trailer on the home page — it refers to a report on a workshop on climate change and water quality in the Great Lakes region that is dated August 2003!