Tracking Health Threats in Great Lakes Waters A plan to modernize monitoring of microscopic water quality threats • The International Joint Commission (IJC) helps Canada and the United States prevent and resolve issues over shared waters on 5,525 miles of boundary, including the Great Lakes. [...] • The IJC’s Health Professionals Advisory Board is proposing a plan to more widely modernize Great Lakes water quality testing with its Implementing the Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment project. [...] Where will this work impact? More than a century of cooperation protecting shared waters IJC.org • facebook.com/internationaljointcommission • @IJCsharedwaters Implementing the Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment Health Professionals Advisory Board About the Project The Health Professional Advisory Board’s Implementing the Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment project outlines. [...] The project looks at implementing newer technologies in more long- term monitoring programs in the Great Lakes, based on the monitoring strategies identified in the board’s forthcoming Large Basin Microbial Scan for more about Water Quality Study project. [...] this project! Contact the IJC about this project: rajesh.bejankiwar@ijc.org The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement The Health Professionals Advisory Board assists the IJC in its role to report on the status of the Great Lakes and other boundary waters and investigate ecosystems and human health stressors and risks.
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