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Lake News
Cobourg applies for water plant upgrade cash
Northumberland News (11/17)
Cobourg council has pushed through a federal grant application for the last $1.3 million in upgrades to the water pollution control plant.
Harbour mouth silted in again
Northumberland Today (11/12)
The mouth of Cobourg's harbor has again silted in following spring-time dredging operations that cost about $75,000. There was just enough space between the bottom of the watercraft and the buildup of silt to get boats out of the mouth, Cobourg's coordinator of parks and recreation, Bob Spooner, said.
Oswego seeks money for port
Central New York Times (11/4)
The Port of Oswego is asking New York state to help pay the cost of building a container port that could spark an economic boom in the area. Port officials are hoping to get some money for the $4.5 million project from the Renew and Rebuild New York Transportation Bond Act.
Chlorine-free sewage treatment getting test run
St. Catharines Standard (11/4)
Onita Basu is trying to make sewage treatment in Niagara smell like french fries. Actually, the vinegary odor is probably more of a side benefit. The Ottawa professor's real goal is to eliminate chlorine from municipal sewage treatment using an organic replacement called peracetic acid.
E. coli outbreak expands in Ontario
Canwest Community Publishing (11/3)
Ontario health authorities say 46 cases of E. coli contamination are now being investigated in the Niagara region, up from 40 over the weekend.
COMMENTARY: Great lake view. Shame about the turbines
The Globe and Mail (11/1)
A sailor would call it a squall, an engineer would call it noise. The only way to make sense of the sudden fury that has greeted a modest plan to consider a wind farm on Lake Ontario is to tune it out.
Lake Resources
Great Lakes Research Consortium
The Great Lakes Research Consortium consists of 16 colleges and universities in New York State and nine affiliated schools in Ontario. GLRC programs help to promote collaborative research on the Great Lakes.
Lake Ontario Committee
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
The committee considers fishery issues of common concern, develops joint programs and research projects and serves as a forum for management agencies.
New York Sea Grant
Focuses the talents of university scientists and extension specialists on research in the areas of fisheries, coastal environmental quality and processes, invasive species, non-point source pollution and seafood safety.
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