S ARAH R ANG , D , D EPU TY D IRE PUTY RECTOR OR Huron- Kinloss - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

GREAT LAKES & ST. LAWRENCE CITIES INITIATIVE : OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION

SARAH RANG, D , DEPU

PUTY TY DIRE RECTOR OR

Huron- Kinloss Council Meeting, February 19, 2019

PUR URPOSE OF OF TOD ODAY’S P PRESENTATION

Sharing awareness

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solutions that may be of interest to your community

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Thank you for your support! Discuss and hear your ideas and comments

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• Binational group of 100 US and Canadian mayors and municipal leaders
• Purpose: to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and
• St. Lawrence
• Work on Water Quality and Quantity, Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation
• Voice of Mayors in many forums, active projects and partners
• Good working relationship with Huron- Kinloss, Bruce County –Thank you!

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GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE CITIES INITIATIVE

Example 1: Asian Carp

• GLSLCI Mayors continue to work with partners to highlight risk of Asian

Carp, create proposal to separate Mississippi and Great Lakes Basins

• Voice Mayors’ concerns at multiple Asian Carp committees and forums
• Advocate for US funding on proposals
• ASIAN CARP

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• Great Lakes Mayors and municipal leaders active on discussions on

Water Quantity for a decade. Support keeping water in Great Lakes basin.

• Working to ensure strict procedures for Compact Council and Regional

Body for new proposed water withdrawals out of the Great Lakes basin

WATER QUANTITY

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GREAT LAKES –ST. LAWRENCE COLLABORATIVE

• Focussing on Four areas:
• Toxics
• Nutrients
• Climate change
• Beaches and other bacterial contamination
• Over 200 people involved, Summit on May 1 in Toronto
• Two phases: Great Lakes (reporting in June 2019) and St. Lawrence

(reporting in spring 2020), integrated report March 2020

• Welcome your involvement and ideas

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GREAT LAKES –ST. LAWRENCE COLLABORATIVE

THAMES R RIVE VER PHO HOSP SPHORUS R S REDU DUCTI TION C COLLABO BORATI TIVE

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HARM RMFUL L ALGAL B L BLOOMS- PHOSPHO HORU RUS R REDUC UCTION E EFFORTS

• Harmful algal blooms are increasing
• Generally caused by phosphorus, growth in warmer

water

• Large annual blooms common on Lake Erie and

inland cottage lakes, ponds

• Can impact drinking water, fish, health, tourism,

recreation, & property values

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Canada

• Thames River
• Leamington Tributaries

U.S., Canada, and Ontario Commitment to Lake Erie:

• 40% reduction in total phosphorus in Western

and Central Basin of Lake Erie

• 40% reduction in spring total and soluble

reactive phosphorus loads from watersheds where localized algae is a problem:

U.S

• Maumee River
• River Raisin
• Portage River
• Toussaint Creek
• Sandusky River
• Huron River, OH

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A PAR ARTNERSHIP A APPROACH

Cities Initiative & Cities of Chatham-Kent & London

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Farm organizations - OFA Drainage sector Environmental and conservation groups First Nation Government Funding

• ECCC Lake Erie Initiative for P removal
• AAFC and OMAFRA under Canadian Agricultural

Partnership

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After a competitive bid process, five new technologies being installed in nine sites, supported by farmers and municipalities

• 1. Phosphorus treatment/recovery from edge of field and at blind inlet
• 2. Phosphorus Treatment/recovery in

drainage system

MAKING N NON-POINT T SOURCES I S INTO TRE REATABL ABLE P POINT NT S SOURCE CES

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• Communities faced with growing stormwater-flooding-

erosion challenges

• Green infrastructure can be part of stormwater solutions by:
• decreasing the volume of water running into sewers and streams
• improving water quality by trapping sediment and nutrients
• Green infrastructure includes stormwater management tools such as wet

swales, rain gardens, green roofs, and porous pavement, that mimic nature and increase infiltration of stormwater

• Developing new tools for quick vulnerability assessment

Flooding-Erosion- Green Infrastructure

• Developing new program on Microplastics
• Offering local government a range of tools and

support for their consideration:

• Shoreline community cleanups
• Examples of Council resolutions
• Examples of By-laws on single use plastics
• Outreach and education materials
• Clean Shoreline designation
• Welcome further discussion and collaboration –

Suggestions for municipal microplastics group

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MICROPLASTICS

THA HANK Y K YOU & & QUESTI TIONS? S?

Interested in Continued Dialogue with municipalities:

• Phosphorus reduction and recovery
• Flooding-erosion-adaptation
• Beaches
• Microplastics
• Infrastructure

Invitation to Summit May 1, Toronto Annual Conference, June 5 and 6 For more information, please see website: www.glslcities.org Deputy Director at sarah.rang@glslcities.org

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