http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3599/0 en http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/public-concern-over-water-quality-translates-advoc/18123 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4734_1_1.jpg" alt="" title="Canoe and kayak lessons have begun on Ramsey Lake. Last summer, lessons were sometimes disrupted by a blue-green algae bloom in the lake. (photo by Naomi Grant)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4735_2_1.jpg" alt="" title="Boating on Ramsey Lake (photo by Naomi Grant)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4757_1_1.jpg" alt="" title="Two small rain gardens at Adamsdale Public School help protect the health of Ramsey Lake. (photo by Naomi Grant)" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/waterplanting.jpg" alt="" title="Planting native shrubs on the creek bank protects water quality and improves habitat along Junction Creek (photo by Naomi Grant)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/waterbank.jpg" alt="" title="Junction Creek Stewardship Committee leads volunteers in stabilizing the creek bank (photo by Lilly Noble)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>It is summer.&nbsp; Boats are on the water, lake swims are being organized, and the Health Unit recently released a <a href="http://www.sdhu.com/content/news/details.asp?n=1230&amp;lang=0" rel="nofollow"><strong>public announcement</strong> </a>to warn residents to watch for blue-green algae.&nbsp; Water quality issues are top of mind for Greater Sudbury residents, and top of the list of concerns are the impa</p> <p><a href="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/public-concern-over-water-quality-translates-advoc/18123" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/public-concern-over-water-quality-translates-advoc/18123#comments Naomi Grant Environment sudbury water water quality Sudbury Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:31:18 +0000 Naomi Grant 18123 at http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca