Extraordinary measures being considered as blue-green algae blooms become more common From the article: One of the biggest issues is that lakes present a tricky tangle of jurisdictions. The federal government is in charge of the fish, the province is in charge of water quality and the shore line. Municipalities — even summer villages — are in charge of land development around a lake. It’s not always clear how those jurisdictions can best interact to ensure lake health. “Lakes have been languishing; there’s no regulatory audits across the multiple jurisdictions,” says Arin MacFarlane Dyer, executive director of the Alberta Lake Management Society, a provincially funded charity that monitors lakes. “We know how to (manage lakes) but we need to have someone who says it’s important and that we do need to do it. It’s a real leadership issue.” At Pigeon Lake — the popular recreation destination 60 kilometres south of Edmonton — a well-organized community pushed for a two-year study of the lake’s nutrient contents. The results were released earlier this month. #abwater
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:42:39 +0000
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