Browsing Waterloo Research by Subject "Great Lakes"
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Direct Wastewater Treatment Plant Inputs of Microplastics to the Laurentian Great Lakes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Whilst wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have an inadvertent high microplastics retention capacity (typically >70%), they are also an important point source of pollutants to aquatic environments. This allows WWTPs to ... -
Public Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvements in the Great Lakes Basin Before and During Covid-19
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Economic valuation of water quality improvements is an essential input to inform policy and decision-making towards sustainable watershed management. The economic values provide important insight in the wide variety of ... -
A simple and complex physical model of the Laurentian Great Lakes used to engage students and community members
(The Geological Society of America North-Central Section, 2015-05-19)The Laurentian Great Lakes, Earth’s most-easily recognized feature from space, is of a size, complexity, and significance that can be difficult to comprehend. To address this we have developed corresponding simple and ...