| The Environmental Protection Agency is looking into continued sewage spillage into Lake Michigan and Chicago waterways. Chicago is one of many cities that still use a combined sewer system, which carries residential and industrial waste together with storm runoff. During rain events, the sewers are easily congested, brim over, and.. Read more Posted in Lake Chemistry, Water Quality Also tagged Chicago, EPA, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, pollution, sewage discharges, toxic waters, water infrastructure Leave a comment
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EPA investigates continued sewage discharges into Lake Michigan and local creeks
Lake Tahoe analysis lays out timeline for climate change’s impacts
| Researchers at UC Davis have released a comprehensive forecast of how climate change might affect Lake Tahoe. The report includes some chilling predictions about how a warming planet could impact the lake over the next 90 years. Even the study’s “optimistic” scenario projects that: Average snowpack in the Tahoe Basin will decline.. Read more Posted in Lake Chemistry, Lake Physics Also tagged Lake Tahoe, phosphorus, pollution, precipitation, research, temperature 1 Comment
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Great Lakes restoration “success stories” featured in two new reports
| The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative have provided a tremendous amount of funding for Great Lakes restoration projects. To share many of the success stories coming from these efforts, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition has released two new reports with dozens of case studies... Read more Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, research, restoration, stormwater, sustainability 2 Comments
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Small 2010 Lake Erie walleye hatch predicted
| Preliminary July trawls indicate the 2010 Lake Erie walleye hatch will continue a nearly decade-long trend of declining stocks. The recent trawls, according to the Toledo Blade, captured only three walleye per hectare of water, which is roughly the same as 2009. In 2008, there were four per hectare, and in 2007 there were eight,.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology Also tagged Algae, dissolved oxygen, eutrophication, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, nutrient-loading, phosphorous, runoff, walleye 3 Comments
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Great Lakes are in the midst of a ‘sewage crisis,’ according to new report
| Environmental, business, and civic leaders urged Congress on Monday to solve what they’ve termed the “sewage crisis” in the Great Lakes. From January 2009 through January 2010, five U.S. cities — Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee and Gary, Ind. — discharged a cumulative 41 billion gallons of untreated sewage and storm.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology, Lake Chemistry, Lake Physics, Water Quality Also tagged climate change, Great Lakes, pollution, toxic waters, water crisis, water infrastructure 3 Comments
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