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Estimating Free Water Metabolism

miniDOT loggers are used by a group of limnologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in order to estimate free water metabolism. During the summer of 2011, they placed the miniDOT loggers in large glass bottles incubated in lake water to estimate free water metabolism while removing much of the physical noise. The bottles were filled with lake water from various depths and then suspended ...

Oct. 10, 2012

By Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. (PME)

Illinois’ First Environmental Contaminant Treatment (ECT) System

The Otter Lake Water Commission has installed our TrojanUVSwift™ECT – a technology which optimizes the treatment of environmental contaminants, particularly taste and odor-causing compounds found in surface waters. This is the first ECT installation and the first UV system to receive disinfection credits in the State of Illinois. Built in 1969, the Otter Lake Water Commission ...

Apr. 2, 2015

By Trojan Technologies - a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation

EPA seeks candidates for advisory board on great lakes issues

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it is seeking candidates for the first advisory board to support federal agencies with the implementation of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the updated Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The Great Lakes Advisory Board will provide advice and recommendations to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in her capacity as federal ...

Jul. 5, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

United States and Canada Sign Amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canada’s Minister of the Environment Peter Kent today signed the newly amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement at a formal ceremony in Washington, D.C. First signed in 1972 and last amended in 1987, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a model of binational cooperation to protect the world’s largest ...

Sep. 7, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Crews plan to pump oil cargo from sunken barge in Lake Erie

Salvage crews are preparing for an underwater operation to pump a hazardous oil-based substance from a sunken barge that apparently had been sitting undiscovered on the bottom of Lake Erie for nearly 80 years. The crews expect to start assembling the pumps near the end of the week before they can begin moving the cargo to a barge on the surface. How fast that happens will depend a lot on ...

Nov. 17, 2015

By Associated Press

FRIDAY: United States and Canada to announce great lakes water quality agreement

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent will sign an updated Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement on Friday, September 7th. Administrator Jackson and Minister Kent will hold a short press availability following the signing ceremony. The agreement, last updated in 1987, addresses critical health issues in the Great Lakes ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

AWWA announces speakers for ACE17 in Philadelphia

The American Water Works Association announced today that Olympic champion Amy Van Dyken and a panel of water industry leaders will speak at the association’s Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE17), to be held June 11-14 in Philadelphia. Three noteworthy leaders in the water industry will be part of a panel discussion at ACE17’s Opening General Session at 8:30 a.m. on Mon., June ...

May 25, 2017

By American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Great lakes water quality agreement renewed

Canada and the United States have today amended what is arguably one of the most comprehensive and successful bilateral environmental protection agreements in the world - The Great lakes water Quality Agreement. United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canada's Minister of the Environment Peter Kent today signed the newly amended Great Lakes Water Quality ...

Sep. 7, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

TODAY: United States and Canada to Announce Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent will sign an updated Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement this afternoon. Administrator Jackson and Minister Kent will hold a short press availability following the signing ceremony. The agreement, last updated in 1987, addresses critical health issues in the Great Lakes region and is a ...

Sep. 7, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Offers $8.5 Million to U.S. Great Lakes Shoreline cities for green infrastructure projects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has invited the 22 largest U.S. Great Lakes shoreline cities to apply for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for green infrastructure projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality. “These Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants will be used for green infrastructure projects to reduce urban runoff and sewer overflows that foul ...

Jul. 26, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Pumping Station at the Danish Wadden Sea

An area at the Danish Wadden Sea, close to the German border, is protected for its outstanding natural beauty by the Danish National Nature Agency. Two DESMI pumps are installed in the Wadden Sea and pump sea water into a big lake. The sea water in the lake contributes to ensuring that birds continue to breed in the area. The pumping station is named Margrethe Kog. When the pumps are to be ...

May 4, 2018

By DESMI A/S

UNOG`s new green project to use lake water to cool offices

A few weeks after the (UNOG) received the the office has launched a new renewable energy project that will use water from Lake Geneva to cool the Palais des Nations and its conference rooms, as well as the International Labour Organization (ILO) building. UNOG's Director-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze and State Councillor of the Republic and canton of Geneva Robert Cramer officially launched the ...

Aug. 10, 2009

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The Great Lakes Water Utility Energy Challenge Launches!

The Great Lakes Protection Fund and American Water Works Association are excited to announce the launch of the Water Utility Energy Challenge (WUEC), an innovative program which engages water operators in a competition to reduce the emissions sourced in their energy generation. The competition is aimed at connecting the utilities with new innovative software while fostering an awareness of the ...

Dec. 7, 2016

By American Water Works Association (AWWA)

EPA Solicits Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Grant Proposals

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a solicitation for a second round of Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Grants. EPA will award grants totaling up to $4.5 million to eligible shoreline cities to fund green infrastructure projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality. This year, shoreline cities with a population greater than 25,000 and less than 50,000 will be eligible ...

Jul. 21, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA releases first-ever baseline study of US lakes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its most comprehensive study of the nation’s lakes to date. The draft study, which rated the condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States as good and the remainder as fair or poor, marked the first time EPA and its partners used a nationally consistent approach to survey the ecological and water quality of lakes. A total of ...

Dec. 18, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New TVA Smart Phone App Provides Lake Information

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Tuesday the release of a TVA application for smart phones (http://itunes.apple.com/app/tva-lake-info/id440331543?mt=8) that will provide real time information about TVA lakes. The app, initially available to iPhone users, offers lake elevations, water release schedules, yearly operating guides and Google-based maps. Available for free at the iPhone ...

Jun. 14, 2011

By Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Up to $40 million available from EPA for great lakes restoration projects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the agency is requesting applications from states, municipalities, tribes and nonprofit organizations for new projects to protect and restore the Great Lakes. President Obama has proposed a total of $300 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in Fiscal Year 2011, with approximately $40 million of that total ...

Feb. 25, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA and U.S. Steel Provide $3.5 Million for Spirit Lake Cleanup Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that an additional $3.5 million has been made available for work in the Spirit Lake portion of the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior near Duluth, Minnesota. EPA will provide $2.275 million through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and U.S. Steel will provide $1.225 million to study options for cleaning up contaminated ...

May 12, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. EPA Seeks Public Input on Binational Phosphorus Reduction Targets to Combat Lake Erie Algal Blooms

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input on proposed phosphorus reduction targets to combat harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement requires the United States and Canada to adopt targets to reduce excess phosphorus levels for Lake Erie by early 2016. “The United States and Canada are committed to cutting phosphorus levels to ...

Jul. 7, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Intelex cruise was a big splash!

Over the weekend Intelex employees had a chance to cruise the open water of Lake Ontario aboard the Northern Spirit for an evening of good food, amazing views, eclectic dancing and lots of laughs. This was the Intelex team building event of the summer and it did not disappoint. Some highlights of the night included an appearance from Intelex's very own Captain Japes (seen below), an epic ...

Jul. 17, 2012

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

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