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

G REAT L AKES & S T . L AWRENCE C ITIES I NITIATIVE : O PPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION S ARAH R ANG , D , D EPU TY D IRE PUTY RECTOR OR Huron- Kinloss Council Meeting, February 19, 2019

2 PUR URPOSE OF OF TOD ODAY’S P PRESENTATION Sharing awareness Discuss and Thank you for of innovative hear your your support! solutions that may ideas and be of interest to comments your community 2

GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE GretGGREGR CITIES INITIATIVE • 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! 3

ASIAN CARP 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 •

WATER QUANTITY • 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 5

GREAT LAKES –ST. LAWRENCE COLLABORATIVE 6

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 7

THAMES R RIVE VER 8 PHO HOSP SPHORUS R S REDU DUCTI TION C COLLABO BORATI TIVE

9 HARM RMFUL L ALGAL B L BLOOMS- PHOSPHO HORU RUS R REDUC UCTION E EFFORTS U.S., Canada, and Ontario Commitment to Lake • Harmful algal blooms are increasing Erie: • Generally caused by phosphorus, growth in warmer water 40% reduction in total phosphorus in Western • • Large annual blooms common on Lake Erie and and Central Basin of Lake Erie inland cottage lakes, ponds 40% reduction in spring total and soluble • • Can impact drinking water, fish, health, tourism, reactive phosphorus loads from watersheds recreation, & property values where localized algae is a problem: Canada U.S Thames River Maumee River o o River Raisin Leamington Tributaries o o Portage River o Toussaint Creek o Sandusky River o Huron River, OH o 2/14/2019 9

10 A PAR ARTNERSHIP A APPROACH Cities Initiative & Cities of Chatham-Kent & London 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 After a competitive bid process, five new technologies being installed in nine sites, supported by farmers and municipalities 10

11 MAKING N NON-POINT T SOURCES I S INTO TRE REATABL ABLE P POINT NT S SOURCE CES 1. Phosphorus treatment/recovery from edge of field and at blind inlet 2. Phosphorus Treatment/recovery in drainage system

Flooding-Erosion- Green Infrastructure • 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 12

MICROPLASTICS • 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 13

14 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