Hamilton Harbour Area of Concern

Hamilton Harbour was designated as one of 43 Areas of Concern in accordance with Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). Ten out of eleven Beneficial Use Impairments were identified by the Remedial Action Plan (RAP). The RAP is an ongoing collaborative effort implemented by federal, provincial, and local governments as well as industry and public partners. There are 3 key stages of the RAP: Stage 1 is a detailed description of the environmental problem; Stage 2 identifies remedial actions and options; Stage 3 is the final document providing evidence that the beneficial uses have been restored and the AOC can be “delisted”.


Hamilton Harbour is an approximately 2200 ha embayment connected to the west end of Lake Ontario by a 836 m ship canal. It has a mean depth of 13 m and maximum depth of 24 m. Significant nutrient loadings from three wastewater treatment plants, combined sewer overflows, agriculture, and industry have contributed to severe water quality impairments in Hamilton Harbour. Presented here are various datasets generated to measure the ecological response of the Remediation efforts since 1987.


For additional information and data please visit: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/82927831-131a-433e-af26-745b9930cd6 5

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
f44cdeaa-d76e-4630-9d39-60558da78915 XML
Date Stamp
2021-05-12T06:05:08
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Series
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2018-03-26
Date (Publication)
2018-08-29
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Inland waters
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; WHERD - Jacqui Milne ( Physical Scientist )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • nutrients
Place

  • Hamilton Harbour
Keywords

  • Great Lakes Action Plan (GLAP)

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Water quality

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Business Functions

  • Oversee and Manage Site Conditions

  • Designate and Manage Areas of Interest or Concern

Geography

  • Ontario (ON)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2017-07-20
End Date
2017-09-07

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326 /
 

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Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • CSV ( 1.0 )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Great Lakes Action Plan (GLAP) Hamilton Harbour nutrients
Business Functions
Designate and Manage Areas of Interest or Concern Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
ECCC Information Category EN
Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Water quality
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Water Science and Technology
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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