Environment - Water Levels
For the very latest, up to the minute information on water levels please visit the Georgian Bay Forever's Site (formerly known as the GBA Foundation) |
Ontario Source Watershed Protection Plans
- GBA has participated in many meetings as these plans get finalized. The Great Lakes are now included and we will be monitoring the plans to ensure they include protection of Georgian Bay waters from quantity and quality perspectives
The Great Lakes primer
A CITIZEN'S PRIMER TO PROTECT THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ST-LAWRENCE RIVER
Primary Author: Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada, in collaboration with:Great Lakes United • National Wildlife Federation • Pollution Probe • Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
Union québécoise pour la conservation de la nature • Georgian Bay Association - This important document is a complete primer on all aspects concerning the protection of all the Great Lakes:
Water Levels subcommittee:
The Water Levels subcommittee is part of the Environment Committee which is responsible for Air Quality, Water Quality and Water Levels. These three issues are inextricably linked – air pollution causes climate change, which leads to more evaporation, which affects water levels, which can have a permanent impact on the fragile Georgian Bay ecosystem.
Links:
Environment Canada water level web page
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Water Levels
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory provides Advanced Hydrologic Predictions on this site
Past project documentation:
Great Lakes Water Levels Trendline Graph:
Cross Sectional profile graphs of StClair River 1954 vs 2001:
The International Joint Commission is an independent bi-national organization established by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. Its purpose is to help prevent and resolve disputes relating to the use and quality of boundary waters and to advise Canada and the United States on related questions.
www.ijc.org
The Canadian Hydrographic Service
Central and Arctic
www.waterlevels.gc.ca/C&A/
Real-Time Water levels in Georgian Bay and Lake Huron (Part of
The Canadian Hydrographic Service
Site)
www.waterlevels.gc.ca/C&A/gs_huron_e.html
US Army Corps of Engineers current Great Lakes water levels.
www.lre.usace.army.mil/greatlakes
The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
www.great-lakes.net
A site dedicated to increase the awareness of the true causes of low water levels on Lakes Michigan Huron and to work towards restoration of historical levels. www.lakelevels.org