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.

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.

Our letter to Manitoba’s newly appointed Environment, Climate and Parks Minister Jeff Wharton reiterates the urgency with which the provincial government must act to accelerate compliance with phosphorus limits at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Along with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre – and present concrete action the Manitoba government can take to achieve this.

Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and the Environment, we urge councillors to approve funding for interim phosphorus removal, accelerate the implementation timeline and ensure phosphorus removal is optimized in the design and construction of the new biosolids facility.

Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and the Environment, we remind councillors of the need to reserve biosolids capacity for the effective implementation on interim phosphorus removal at the north end sewage treatment plant in order to protect Lake Winnipeg.