Grand Beach, with its three kilometres of white sand on Lake Winnipeg’s east shore, is often touted as one of North America’s best beaches. // photo courtesy of Travel Manitoba

Winnipeg Free Press: Funding announced for 17 projects to reduce nutrient load in Lake Winnipeg

July 31, 2024 —

After some disappointment and concerns about ongoing funding to protect water quality in the Lake Winnipeg Basin after the 2021 federal budget, there’s now plenty of confidence about the level of resources that will be available over the next 10 years.

On Tuesday, Terry Duguid, parliamentary secretary to the prime minister and the special adviser for water, announced $2.3 million in funding for 17 projects working to reduce the nutrient load in Lake Winnipeg.

Standing on the shores of the Red River at the University of Manitoba campus, Duguid laid out the government’s $650-million, 10-year commitment starting last year for its renewed national freshwater action plan, which Duguid said was a “major increase in freshwater funding in a very difficult budget year.”

To read the full story, please visit the Winnipeg Free Press.

Lake Winnipeg, Research and International

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