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- The degradation of the Lake's water quality and the burning of the Cuyahoga River in the 1960s and 1970s made it the poster child for pollution problems in the world and paved the way for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the formation of USEPA, NOAA, and Environment and Climate Change Canada, the first Earth Day, and the passage of the Clean Water Act.
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Oct 29, 2019 · The degradation of the Lake's water quality and the burning of the Cuyahoga River in the 1960s and 1970s made it the poster child for pollution problems in the world and paved the way for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the formation of USEPA, NOAA, and Environment and Climate Change Canada, the first Earth Day, and the passage of the ...
- Jeffrey M. Reutter
- 2019
Apr 23, 2021 · Lake Erie Waterkeeper has been advocating for the lake and its watersheds since 2004. Sandy Bihn, the organization’s Waterkeeper and executive director, believes that Lake Erie was the “poster child” for America’s environmental lowpoint during the late 1960s.
Mar 3, 2017 · Reutter said Lake Erie caught fire in 1969, becoming a “poster child for pollution.” After that, multiple agencies from the U.S. and Canadian governments, including state agencies from Michigan and Ohio, came together to clean the lake.
Lake Erie: Poster Child for Pollution Problems •1969: Cuyahoga River burns (13th time since 1868) •1970: USEPA, NOAA, and 1st Earth Day •1971: Predecessor, Environment & Climate Change Canada •1972 (April): Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement •Provided phosphorus targets (11,000 MTA –~60% reduction)
Lake Erie: The Poster Child for Pollution Problems •Cuyahoga River burns in 1969 •USEPA, NOAA, and 1st Earth Day in 1970 •Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 1972 •Provided P targets •Doesn’t impact sewage treatment plants outside of Lake Erie watershed •Clean Water Act in 1972 •Gave us the tools to attack the problem
Lake Erie has always been at the forefront of the algae and nutrient problem and many other problems. Why?
Nov 24, 2023 · Lake Erie has long been the poster child for algal blooms related to excess nutrients, as is illustrated in a satellite image from 2011 (Figure 11.2.2). Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes (average depth is only 19 m, compared with 147 m for Lake Superior) and so has the greatest potential to warm up in the summer.
