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Whitewater Lake (www.richardlpaquette.ca)According to the City’s Official Plan Whitewater Lake is the most significant natural feature in Azilda. It is a shallow lake with a fragile ecosystem that is sensitive to impacts from development within its watershed. The Official plan tells us particular care must be taken if the water quality of the lake is to be protected.
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Pets not allowed in water at beaches (www.northernlife.ca)Pets such as dogs and cats aren't allowed in the water at or beside city beaches. While at the beach, pets also must be kept on a leash
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Follow the Yellow Fish Road ! - Photos (www.soonews.ca)Thursday morning, 40 students and 10 adult volunteers painted "yellow fish" symbols next to storm drains and distributed fish-shaped brochures to nearby households, reminding people that anything that enters the storm drain system goes directly into their local water-body.
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4.Barrels of conservation - (www.nugget.ca)
Vijantgi Romlogan Murphy, of Greening Nipissing, works on a rain barrel Saturday during workshop at the Discovery North Bay museum. The workshop was part of the group's water conservation initiative
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5.Why is water being wasted? Darwin Brunne Whitefish (www.thesudburystar.com)
What are the city officials thinking when they ask home owners to save on valuable treated water and at the same time allow the water lines that terminate in Whitefish to flow 24/7 unabated for the past 20 years at least?
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6.Algae may bloom again - (www.nugget.ca)
it is hard to pin down just what caused a blue-green algae bloom in Callander Bay last summer.But Liza Vandermeer won't be surprised if it returns this year.
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Warren residents up in arms about water project fee (www.northernlife.ca)About 250 residents of the Municipality of Markstay-Warren crowded into the Golden Age Centre April 13 to oppose the roughly $5,500 fee each ratepayer in the Village of Warren is being asked to pay to recoup the costs of a water treatment plant.
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Canadian Water Summit June 17, 2010 | International Centre, Toronto (www.watersummit.ca)Water is embedded in virtually every facet of the Canadian economy. Join leaders from business, government, and civil society to help shape Canada’s sustainable water future.
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9.Flush twice for the pickerel . (www.nugget.ca)
Public relations experts called last night to pick my brain about a controversial emergency plan in the works.A snow-challenged winter has left the region bone dry, resulting in one of the earliest fire bans in the district and concerns about Lake Nipissing and French River fisheries.
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10.Drop in a bucket - (www.thesudburystar.com)
Greater Sudbury may be Ontario's largest city in area, but our size is a drop in the proverbial bucket of responsibility associated with our water resources, concludes a recent assessment.
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11.The green debate: Catchment basin project hailed as environmental necessity - and decried as a waste of tax money - (www.thesudburystar.com)
Jim Wilson stares at the fenced open pit encroaching on his front yard in astonishment.
The pit, hailed as a symbol of environmental consciousness by city officials, is a massive, expensive and unnecessary construction project forced on this quiet South End neighbourhood without adequate consultation, Wilson says. -
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Fog Catchers Bring Water to Parched Villages (news.nationalgeographic.com)When dense fog sweeps in from the Pacific Ocean, special nets on a hillside catch the moisture and provide precious water to the village of Bellavista, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) outside of Lima, Peru.
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New Bond Road Water Tower Photographs (www.eeiweb.com)Sugar Grove`s New Bond Road Water Tower Containment and Rehabilitation
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Water Towers and Standpipes in Ontario A (www.eureka4you.com)Thanks to David Ducharme for the link to these tower photo's
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Smiths Falls Bottled Water | Polaris Institute (www.polarisinstitute.org)A new report released today by the Polaris Institute (Smith Falls Bottled Water: Local Concerns and Key Questions) highlights concerns and raises questions for the new bottled water plant scheduled to open in the Town of Smiths Falls.
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Real protection of watersheds (envirolaw.com)Source protection committees across Ontario are labouring on their threat assessments, the second of three phases under the Clean Water Act.
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Drought causes water level drops in Minnesota and Wisconsin lakes (greatlakesecho.org)But if you get a lot of rain in big storms, it could end up running off instead of seeping through to maintain water levels,” he said.Low water levels can kill aquatic plants with negative consequences.
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Paint-a-drain campaign (www.msa.saccounty.net)Paint-A-Drain seeks to curb stormwater pollution through hands- on, service learning techniques like storm drain stenciling.
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Province provides funding for Nickel District Conservation Authority water infrastructure projects (www.northernlife.ca)The Nickel District Conservation Authority has been granted a total of $871,997 in funding courtesy of the province's Drinking Water Source Protection and Water Erosion Control Infrastructure (WECI) programs.
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Whitefish River breaks ground on water plant (www.midnorthmonitor.com)The community held a groundbreaking ceremony at noon on that day for its new water treatment plant. The plant is worth over $7 million and will be completed over the course of the next year. The contract was awarded to Sudbury contractors Cecchetto and Sons, who are already in the community preparing a new subdivision.
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Waterfront park making waves in North Bay (www.baytoday.ca)Council passed the motion that will see them make an application to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and FedNor. If the funding applications are approved, the City will then contribute a sum of $1,875,000 to the $8,750,000 total cost;
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Blue-green algae found in Nepewassi Lake (www.thesudburystar.com)Another Sudburyarea lake has been hit by blue-green algae.On Friday, the Sudbury and District Health Unit said tests conducted by Ministry of the Environment on Nepewassi Lake were positive for cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae.
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Fifth Annual Sudbury Children's Festival Makes a Splash (www.sdhu.com)over 1200 students have converged on the Anderson Farm Museum in Lively to learn about our most important resource at the fifth annual Sudbury Children’s Water Festival. This festival is a unique environmental learning opportunity designed to educate children about the use, consumption, and protection of water.
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Sudbury companies team up on joint water system (thesudburystar.com)Onaping and Levack were no exception, with their independent potable water systems built by the mining industry. The two towns, located about one kilometre apart, recently joined forces to construct an $18.5-million combined water distribution system to benefit both communities
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Barrie MP announces $606,000 for Lake Simcoe Cleanup Fund (www.thebarrieexaminer.com)Barrie is seeing more dollars poured into cleaning up Lake Simcoe.Barrie Conservative MP Patrick Brown announced Thursday that the city is receiving more than half a million dollars from the $5.5 million in federal money recently announced for the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund.
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