Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water, Waste and Environment, we express our concern over the 80% cost increase for biological nutrient removal facilities at Winnipeg's North End Water Pollution Control Centre (NEWPCC). As councillors work to secure funding for this project, we urge City Council to optimize the chemical phosphorus reduction solution already in place at NEWPCC, in order to achieve phosphorus compliance.

Together with our partners, we are urging Manitoba’s minister of Environment and Climate Change to accelerate phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre to protect Lake Winnipeg.

Our post-election letter to the Premier of Manitoba emphasizes the importance of focusing on phosphorus reduction to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg.

Our post-election letter to Manitoba’s minister of Municipal and Northern Relations emphasizes the importance of focusing on phosphorus reduction to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg.

Our post-election letter to Manitoba’s minister of Transportation and Infrastructure emphasizes the importance of focusing on phosphorus reduction to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg.

Our post-election letter to Manitoba’s minister of Environment and Climate Change emphasizes the importance of focusing on phosphorus reduction to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg.

Jointly with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, we review the evidence supporting a focus on phosphorus to address algal blooms on Lake Winnipeg. Aggressive phosphorus-reduction policies have been implemented in many jurisdictions since the 1980s, yet action to reduce phosphorus loading in Manitoba has been stalled for decades by ongoing debate about the need for nitrogen reduction. We urge the Manitoba government to make use of the best-available evidence to implement and enforce clear phosphorus-reduction policies for point and non-point sources.

Jointly released by LWF, the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective and the International Institute for Sustainable Development in advance of Winnipeg’s 2022 election, this report lays out the specific city council commitments required to achieve accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and the Environment, we support recommendations to enable accelerated phosphorus compliance at the North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we reiterate our call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.