Read our Executive Director’s comments on the south Winnipeg sewage spill.

With a mandate to "protect Lake Winnipeg and safeguard the health of all our waterways,” Manitoba’s new government must focus on phosphorus reduction.

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.

Manitoba Environment and Climate solicited public feedback to inform the development of a water strategy action plan. Our submission highlights the valuable data generated by the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network. We also raise significant concerns about Manitoba’s water strategy framework.

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.

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.