Environment 2011

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As of June, 2007, Thorold was the only municipality in Niagara taking action against cosmetic pesticide use; a St. Catharines [...]

Data from 1990 to 2005 show an increasing trend in the ground-level ozone in both southern Ontario (which includes Niagara) [...]

Although Canadians make up 0.5% of the population in the world, our share of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) is estimated [...]

According to a 2004 report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Niagara’s ecological footprint is a little smaller than [...]

Green space … Niagara covers 1,854.17 square kilometres and has a population density of 230.5 persons per square kilometre. Ontario [...]

Costs of dealing with garbage: In 2009, it costs Niagara $67 to dispose of a tonne of garbage (the highest [...]

Residential waste is diverted from landfills by recycling, and composting saves land for recreational, agricultural and housing use. In 2009, [...]

The Ontario Ministry of Environment monitors air pollution levels and issues smog advisories when there is a strong likelihood that [...]

The number of days the AQI was moderate to poor was high in 2007 at 83 days and went down [...]

Air Quality Index (AQI) ratings:  The Air Quality Index (AQI) monitors concentrations of five major pollutants (carbon monoxide, fine particulate [...]

Niagara Region Public Health uses the Beach Management Protocol to monitor beach sites alongLakeOntario, Lake Erie, the southern Niagara River [...]

In 2005, wetlands covered an estimated 6.36% of the Niagara Watershed. It was estimated that 18.5% of the watershed was [...]

Rates of sewer bypass: The rate of sewer bypass in Niagara was 10 times higher than the provincial average in [...]

Niagara costs of treating and disposing of wastewater are much more expensive at $429, compared to the $264 provincial OMBI [...]

The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) implemented a water quality monitoring program in 2001 in partnership with the Ministry of [...]

Treatment of wastewater in Niagara: Niagara is above other 2 tier systems inOntarioin the number of megalitres of wastewater treated [...]

Water treated:  The median megalitres per 100,000 population of water treated in Niagara was 15, 048 in 2009, down from [...]

In 2006, there were 2 community level Boil Water Advisories issued by Public Health; one in a portion of the [...]

Water is treated through Niagara Region treatment plants and it is reported to be safe to consume. It is recognized [...]