Tag: lake
Precautionary notice of blue-green algae bloom from health unit – Great Lakes Commission
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is issuing a precautionary notice to residents based on visual confirmation of a blue-green algae bloom on Lake St. Clair. Residents on the municipal drinking […]
Michigan company receives $7.56 million contract to repair Dunkirk Harbor breakwater – Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $7.56 million contract to Great Lakes Dock & Materials, LLC, to make repairs on approximately 1,450 feet of the lake side of […]
Partially treated wastewater enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized pools dumped into Lake Ontario during heavy rainfall: city – Great Lakes Commission
The city of Toronto dumped more than 1,300 megalitres of partially treated wastewater into Lake Ontario during Tuesday’s torrential downpour. Three wastewater plants were “bypassing,” a process in which stormwater […]
Concerned citizens are advocating against the construction of wind turbines in Lake Erie – Great Lakes Commission
Government officials along with Citizens Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie (CATWILE) are holding a rally to oppose wind turbines in the Great Lakes in Irving, New York. CATWILE is […]
Shipwreck hunters find schooner 131 years after it sank in Lake Michigan with captain’s “faithful dog” – Great Lakes Commission
The wreck of the historic 130-foot Margaret A. Muir schooner has been found off the coast of Wisconsin more than 130 years after it plunged to the bottom of Lake […]