Geography 2011A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Botulism, Great Lakes Areas Of Concern, Sewage Treatment
17 Dec 2016
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June 13 2009: us and canada met in niagara falls to amend and modernize the great. Much of the drive fro cleaning the lakes came from. Canada: today there is signs that the us is likely going to take the lead. He provided a 450$ million dollar budget for the great lake restoration. He provided 3. 9$ billion to change out dated wastewater infrastructure. The 1987 amendment improvements have been slow: only three hot spots from the list have been fixed. Today: the capacity of the government to meet current challenges is declining. New invasive species are threatening the biological systems. Making a biological desert for native species in lake. Seen a series of botulism outbreaks in fish. Foreign (cid:862)stinking(cid:863) algae is invading: we are falling behind our amendment. Partly because the environment is playing a bigger role.
