Swim (2376 articles) Clean, swimmable beaches are one of the hallmarks of a healthy waterfront. Beaches are typically posted as unsafe when bacteria from sewage and stormwater pollutes the lake. In Ontario, beaches are supposed to be open at least 95% of the summer. This benchmark ensures that the lake is safe for human recreation and for aquatic life. Since 2002, Waterkeeper has monitored beach postings around Lake Ontario, publicized compliance records, and launched administrative appeals to the Ontario government.
|  | In the past five years the amount of algae in Lake Ontario has exploded to levels scientists say were commonplace 25 years ago. That was before phosphorus was controlled in wastewater and detergents.But the recent resurgence is just in the shallow water close to shore.In deep water, levels remain within the U.S.-Canada International Joint Commission’s goal of 1 part... (more) | | Canada Farming Great Lakes-Basin New York State Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim U.S.A. Waste Management |
| | | From the shores of Lake Ontario to the Erie Canal, the University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center's study will concentrate on how future development along the Genesee River will affect community health. The goal is to highlight the positives of waterfront development rather than the negatives.“One of the big concerns in this community is obesity, so a... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Fish New York State Swim U.S.A. |
| | | Payback, based on Margaret Atwood’s 2008 book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, debuts in Toronto on March 16 on the heels of a successful premiere at Sundance 2012.Payback is a riveting and poetic documentary on “debt” in its various forms—societal, personal, environmental, spiritual, criminal, and economic.Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured... (more) | | Drink Fish Press Releases Swim Waterkeeper's work |
| | | Ten major storm events in 2011 resulted in sewage bypassing regular treatment and into the Bay of Quinte, but officials at the city’s treatment plant are hoping to reduce those numbers in coming years.Such events, known as secondary bypasses, are the main issue facing employees of the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA), the company that holds the contract to operate the... (more) | | Canada Drink Fish Ontario Quinte Region Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim Waste Management |
| | | The Great Lakes seem to get a nice slice of the proposed 2013 federal budget with $300 million set aside for restoration.But other regional environmental programs took a hit.“Funding isn’t growing on trees anymore,” said Jeff Skelding, director of Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, an organization of conservation and recreation groups that protect and... (more) | | Drink Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim U.S.A. |
| | | Residents are invited to an open house on Feb. 23 to learn more about plans for Mississauga's waterfront.The session, to take place at the Mississauga Seniors' Centre (1389 Cawthra Rd.) starting at 6:30 p.m., is the first public information centre and open house for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection project.The project is part of the Inspiration Lakeview process that... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Fish Great Lakes-Basin Greater Toronto Region Swim |
| | | Scott Johns was born in Hawaii and grew up in Florida. He started learning to surf at the age of 4.
Then life brought him to Rochester several years ago.“It really killed me, being away from the ocean,” Johns recalled.Then, just last summer, he saw a guy on the beach in Irondequoit’s Sea Breeze area with what looked like a surfboard.“I didn’t know it... (more) | | Great Lakes-Basin New York State Swim |
| | | A federal push to heal the ailing Great Lakes would get another $300 million for fighting Asian carp, cleaning polluted harbors and making progress on other long-festering environmental problems under the budget President Barack Obama submitted Monday.Congress has appropriated $1.075 billion for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative during the first three years of Obama's... (more) | | Drink Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Swim U.S.A. |
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