Harmful algal blooms, fed by excess nutrients in the water, are a pressing environmental, economic and public health concern in water bodies across Canada. Government organizations on both sides of the Canada-US border are responsible for setting goals, overseeing implementation and monitoring, and evaluating outcomes of nutrient management. Decisions need to be made, and a [...]
Estimates of nutrient loadings to water bodies from municipal sources are typically calculated using point measurements of nutrient concentrations and known discharge rates. However, some uncertainty in load estimates is inevitable, and it is unclear how well nutrient monitoring methods typically used in Canada support decision making by watershed managers. With financial support from Environment [...]
Effectively managing nutrient losses from agricultural lands is critical for protecting water quality, and is a core focus in regions like the western basin of Lake Erie (Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan, 2018). With financial support from Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, CWN led a project to provide an updated synthesis of [...]
Steadily increasing regulations and changing practices are gradually improving the quality of urban wastewater. By contrast, fewer controls or regulations deal with non-point-source discharges or effluent exceedances such as those that occur during extreme weather. With financial support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Water Network led a project to examine the state-of-the-knowledge on [...]
Canadian Water Network launched the Canadian Watershed Research Consortium in 2010 with representatives from six watershed-based groups across Canada. Each node brought together diverse groups of local stakeholders and decision makers with teams of leading Canadian water researchers to develop regional monitoring frameworks that could inform decision making for Cumulative Effects Assessment and watershed management.
This project led to the design of an environmental monitoring network for the Tobacco Creek watershed and presented a conceptual model that is transferable to other parts of the Red River Valley.
This project provided the Tobacco Creek Model Watershed Research Consortium with a monitoring framework to evaluate agricultural practices and water management schemes in the watershed and establish baseline data against which to measure the cumulative effects of natural process and management practices.
A scientific team led by Dr. Mark Servos is undertaking research that will inform the development of an integrated watershed-level monitoring framework for the Grand River watershed.
This project, led by Dr. Michael van den Heuvel, seeks to require not only a better understanding of the links between human activities and the environmental changes that have been observed in the Northumberland Strait.
This project developed a community-based program that empowered communities in the Far North to collect and interpret aquatic environmental indicators to address key concerns and priorities in the Slave River and Delta watershed.