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Water Links
EnviroZine
is
Environment Canada's on-line newsmagazine, covering environmental
issues such as climate change, clean air, water, nature, weather and
sustainable development. It is a comprehensive Internet resource for
information on environmental science and technology, environmental
action, youth activities, eco-tips, news and more.
The
Green Lane
- Provides
overviews of key environmental issues such as climate change, air and
water pollution and biodiversity, as well as related scientific,
technical and current affairs information. Published by Environment
Canada
.
THE
NORTH
AMERICAN
GREAT LAKES
BASIN
The
History of the
Great Lakes
Basin
. Please visit http://www.sustreport.org/lakes/timeline.htm
The
1985 Great Lakes Charter and Annex 2001 www.mnr.gov.on.ca/mnr/water/greatlakes/index.html
H2infO
- The Water Information Network -
H2infO
aims to improve municipal water quality, quantity and flow by
fostering and supporting community-based programs and increasing civic
participation in national, provincial and local efforts to control
municipal non-point sources of water pollution.
The
National Water Research Institute (NWRI)
is Canada's leading institution conducting research on Freshwater and their
research is important to the conservation and protection of Canada's water resources.
The Institute has released a
scientific assessment report entitled "Threats
to Water Availability in Canada"
that
identifies the pressures to
Canada
's
freshwater sources. It highlights the need for action on a number of
fronts to ensure Canadians' future access to adequate supplies of clean,
safe and secure freshwater.
This document is a follow-up to
"Threats to Sources of Drinking Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Health
in Canada", released in 2002.
Ontario
Clean Water Agency
- OCWA is a provincial Crown corporation in business to provide
environmentally responsible and cost-efficient water and waste water
services.
Pollution
Watch
-
is
a free service that merges information from approximately 300 databases
to create instant rankings based on pollution loads and health hazards
for almost 2000 polluting facilities across
Canada
.
United
States Environmental Protection Agency
-
comprehensive Water Quality sections covers various water issues
including drinking water, ground water, water pollutants, pollution
control and monitoring and wastewater among others.
The
Walkerton Inquiry - Pollution
Probe presented its final submission to Part 1a and 1b of the Walkerton
Inquiry.
Click
here to review this easy-to-read analysis of the events that
led to the Walkerton disaster (report is in PDF
format). Pollution Probe strongly endorses the reports of
Justice O’Connor who led the Walkerton Inquiry and the final report.
The
3rd World Water Forum, created by the World
Water Council was held from
March 16-23, 2003
in
Kyoto
,
Japan
. The key report of the Forum, called “World Water Actions: Making
Water Flow for all” is now available. See http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
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