Many older sewer systems in Canada and the United States mix stormwater runoff with raw or partially treated sewage and discharge the excess into the Great Lakes during periods of heavy precipitation.
Human Health
In its First Triennial Assessment of Progress under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Agreement), the International Joint Commission (IJC) calls on Canada and the United States to set specific timelines and targets for making critical improvements to wastewater and drinking water…
The Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) at the University of Windsor is a multidisciplinary research facility located on the Canadian side of the Detroit River. Researchers at GLIER address complex environmental problems such as the effects of multiple environmental stressors…
Changes can hit the Great Lakes as quickly as a pollutant accidentally entering a river or as slowly as the decades-long transformation brought about by invasive zebra and quagga mussels.
A new tool in development should help water treatment plants in communities along Lake Erie prepare for when dead zones reach their shores.
The IJC has heard from numerous people that radionuclides – essentially radioactive forms of elements often as small as atoms - should be considered for a future round of Chemicals of Mutual Concern by Canada and the United States.
In the summer of 2016, I took cameras everywhere as I travelled the Ottawa River to complete fieldwork for my anthropology master’s degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.
Water condition forecasts developed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and University of Michigan’s Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) could help recreational anglers, charter boat businesses…
Though progress has been made to restore and protect the ecological condition of the Great Lakes, the impacts of excess nutrients and invasive species continue to affect the region, according to a new 2017 State of the Great Lakes Highlights report from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)…
Great Art for Great Lakes (GAGL) has commissioned eight artists across Ontario to work with the public on participatory artworks that celebrate our iconic Great Lakes.