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Water—the Nation’s Fundamental Climate Issue A White Paper on the U.S. Geological Survey Role and Capabilities
(U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, 2010)
Rapport d’étape de l’Initiative du bassin du lac Winnipeg 2008-2009 – 2009-2010 Dans le cadre du Plan d’action pour l’assainissement de l’eau du gouvernement du Canada
(gouvernement du Canada, 2010)
Ce rapport a pour but de mettre en lumière les activités menées au cours des deux premières années (2008-2009 et 2009-2010) de l’Initiative du bassin du lac Winnipeg (IBLW). Des étapes déterminantes ont été franchies ...
Agricultural Beneficial Management Practices for Lake Winnipeg – Cost-benefit analysis using an ecological goods and services approach
(The Thomsen Corporation, 2010-11)
The objective of the research and analysis reported herein was to “Assess the costs and benefits of agricultural beneficial management practices (BMPs) for Lake Winnipeg in physical and economic terms, with an emphasis on ...
Projected Climate Impacts on Snow Depths and Discharges In the Lake Winnipeg Watershed
(Government of Canada, Environment Canada, 2011)
A number of studies have documented recent trends toward earlier spring snowmelt (e.g. Brown, 2000) and a decline in snow cover extent (Dery and Brown, 2007) across many regions of the Northern Hemisphere in response to ...
Nutrient Reduction Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Facilities for Lake Winnipeg: Cost‐Benefit Analysis using an Ecological Goods and Services Approach Final Report
(Government of Canada, Environment Canada, 2011-01-04)
Municipal wastewater effluent is currently one of the many sources of nutrients to Lake Winnipeg. Recently, the province and its larger municipalities have identified specific steps to reduce nutrient loadings from wastewater ...
Development of an Information Portal for the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative
(Government of Canada, Environment Canada, 2011)
The Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative was created as part of Canada’s
Action Plan on clean water. Its focus is to deal with excessive lake inputs of nutrients from surface runoff and municipal wastewater. Understanding the ...
Advances in the Integration of Watershed and Lake Modeling in the Lake Winnipeg Basin
(Government of Canada, 2010)
Estimating non-point source pollution from watersheds and the effects of mitigation measures (e.g. beneficial management practices or BMPs) is an important step in managing and
protecting water quality, not only at the ...
Protocole d'entente Canada-Manitoba portant sur le lac Winnipeg et le bassin du lac Winnipeg
(GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA, 2010-09-13)
Protocole d'entente Canada-Manitoba portant sur le
lac Winnipeg et le bassin du lac Winnipeg
entre
LE GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA,
represente aux presentes par le ministre de l'Environnement,
qui est responsable du ministere ...
Lake Manitoba and its Watershed: Knowledge Gaps & Next Steps
(University of Winnipeg, 2016-03)
Lake Manitoba is a large, shallow prairie lake located in central Manitoba. The lake and watershed are
subject to numerous environmental pressures including climate change, land use change, and regulation
of water ...
Costs and Benefits of Instruments to Reduce Nutrients in the Lake Winnipeg Basin: Using an ecological goods and services approach - Synthesis Report
(Environment Canada, 2012-01-30)
This work focuses on strategies for reducing eutrophication of Lake Winnipeg caused by excess nutrients discharging to the lake as a result of various human activities. Eutrophication poses a serious threat to water quality ...