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A grant of $1.5 million from the U.S., plus an anticipated $1.5 million from Canada, will be given to the International Joint Commission (IJC) to investigate possible improvements that could be made to Lake Ontario outflow regulation activities.
Conducted by the IJC’s Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee, the 18- to 24-month investigation will gather information in order to determine if there are any changes that could be made to the regulation Plan 2014 to help manage the extreme water levels and river flows in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River system.
“The IJC is committed to making this an open and transparent review and is in the process of creating a special advisory group to support the GLAM Committee through this process,” says Jane Corwin, U.S. co-chair of the IJC.
“The advisory group will create an invaluable, direct connection between the review and those impacted by water levels and flows throughout the system,” says Pierre Béland, Canadian co-chair of the IJC.
Many Lake Ontario lakeshore residents have blamed IJC’s Plan 2014 for not controlling the high water problems, leading to flooding, and waterfront and property damage.
To learn more about the grant, visit ijc.org/en/expedited-review-plan-2014-begins.
