Water Quality

The City of Gatineau and Ottawa Riverkeeper collaborate to make daily water quality tests at beaches a reality

Audrey Bureau, Municipal Councillor for Aylmer, and Ottawa Riverkeeper’s Community Outreach Coordinator, Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo, met at parc des Cèdres to film a video to share the excellent news.

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WHY SO SALTY? The negative impacts of road salts on freshwater organisms

A guest blog from experts in the field that explores the impact that high chloride concentrations from excess road salt can have on freshwater organisms.

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Road salt study expands further into Gatineau led by ABV des 7

Having its own already established road salt monitoring system, Ottawa Riverkeeper is well-placed to support ABV des 7 in sampling different creeks to determine their chloride concentrations.

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The Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel means a cleaner Ottawa River

November 20th, 2020 saw the official opening event for a brand new piece of Ottawa City infrastructure: the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel. What does that have to do with the river? The new tunnel is designed to help protect the river from the harmful effects of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).

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Microplastics in the Ottawa River

We are excited to see that our report on microplastics in the Ottawa River continues to resonate with the public. However, we are concerned that these findings have recently been misrepresented.

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