[Ijc-announce] IJC Announces Survey on the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

[BrownB at windsor.ijc.org]

Survey on the Great Lakes to"Test the waters"

 

 

Water, water everywhere, but how much can we drink? The role of the
Great Lakes as the largest source of fresh, surface water in the world
is in the news every day. And worries about global warming have only
made the question of Great Lakes sustainability more urgent.

 

In the spirit of international cooperation between the citizens of
Canada and the United States, the International Joint Commission of
Canada and the United States will conduct a survey to gather public
views around this international basin. The survey will "test the waters"
regarding these views on:

*        How successful the current U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water
Quality Agreement has been in improving water quality in the lakes,

*        Whether there is a need for a new or amended agreement, and 

*        Who should be responsible for further improvements to water
quality.

 

The results of the survey will be released at Commission's "Sustainable
Cities, Healthy Watersheds" 2007 Great Lakes Biennial Meeting and
Conference.  The two-day conference and public meeting will be held on
Thursday and Friday, June 7 and 8, 2007 on the campus of the University
of Illinois at Chicago.  The public is welcome to attend and
participate.. 

 

The Commission hopes that the survey will be a fun, easy way for the
Canadian and U.S. public to let decision-makers know how they feel about
cleaning up the Great Lakes.

 

The survey can be completed on line at: 
http://www.ijc.org/rel/2007biennial/registration.php
<http://www.ijc.org/rel/2007biennial/registration.php> .  It can also be

downloaded, printed out, completed and mailed to the GLRO.

 

Paper surveys are available from (please specify language):

 

Bruce Brown                                        Bruce Brown

International Joint Commission  International Joint Commission
Great Lakes Regional Office                 Great Lakes Regional Office
100 Ouellette Ave., 8th Floor               PO Box 32869
Windsor, ON  N9A 6T3                      Detroit, MI 48232
Phone: 519-257-6733                          Phone: 313-226-2170, ext.
6733

Fax:  519-257-6740                             Fax: 519-257-6740

 

For more information about the IJC and the 13th Biennial Meeting in
Chicago please see: http://www.ijc.org/rel/2007biennial/index.html
<http://www.ijc.org/rel/2007biennial/index.html> 

Nick Heisler                             Bruce Brown
Frank Bevacqua

613-293-7144                         519-257-1671
202-736-9024

 

 

 

 

Bruce B. Brown

Public Affairs Specialist

International Joint Commission

100 Ouellette Avenue 8th Floor

Windsor ON N9A 6T3

 

Tel (CN): 519-257-6733

Tel (US): 313-226-2170, ext. 6733

 

Fax: 519-257-6740

 

Email: BrownB at windsor.ijc.org <mailto:BrownB at windsor.ijc.org> 

 

 

 

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