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1) St. Joseph Shores and BSRA annual water quality test results 1996-2006

 BSRA Water Quality Test Results

2) Huron County Health Unit annual Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program

http://www.huroncounty.ca/health/beach-home.php

3) GAP EnviroMicrobial Services. January 2005. DNA Fingerprinting Analysis of E-coli 

GAP DNA Report 2004

4) BSRA. October 2006. Liquid Manure Spill Investigation for Cryptosporidia Genotypes Copy of summary of the report
5)  Larry J. Wymer, Alfred P. Dufour. 2002.  A Model for Estimating the Incidences of Swimming-related Gastrointestestinal Illness as a Function of Water Quality Indicators; Environmetrics InterScience Internet link

InterScience homepage Environmetrics Volume 13, Issue 5-6, Pages 669 - 678

6) BSRA. 2006. BSRA July 10th Spill Updates July 14 2006 July 14 2007 Email copies
7) BSRA 2006 Water Quality Study Agreements with ABCA and HCHU BSRA 2006 Water Quality Study Agreements
8) BSRA. 2007. July 10th spill, MoE Issues Comments Questions and Issues document
9) BSRA. October 2006. BSRA conclusions from MoE meeting Summary of Current Findings re: July 10 Manure Spill
10) BSRA, August 2006. presentation to Bluewater Council Report to Council - Water Protection Update August 8, 2006
11) Huron Tourism Association, 2004, Beach Water Quality in Huron County, Copy of report
12) Dr. R. Pushchak, 2004. Community Oriented Microbial Control Strategy,   presentation to Huron County Water Protection Steering Committee Copy of portion of report
13) Wayne Caldwell. 2005. New Directions Research Program Copy of the application form
14) ABCA. 2005. Huron County Citizens for Water Quality Application to the Ontario Trillium Foundation
15) Study Team. 2003. County of Huron Groundwater Assessment and Municipal Wellhead Source Protection Study Copy of portion of report
16) FAO. 1999. Principles and Guidelines for the Conduct of Microbiological Risk Assessments Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations <link>
17) Science Committee. 2005. Sources and Mechanisms of Delivery of E.coli (bacteria) Pollution to the Lake Huron Shoreline of Lake Huron Ontario Ministry of Environment web site link
18) National Post. November 15 2003. Lake Huron Beaches Declared Unsafe Article reprint link
19) Ashfield Colborne Lakefront Association. 2003. Press Release DNA Analysis Identifies Source of Beach Pollution in Huron County as Animal link
20) BSRA, Discussions with Dr. Stewart Sweeney Aug. 4 2006 Copy of portion of report
21) Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, 1991,The Effect of Farm Liquid Waste Application on Receiving Water Quality Copy of Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion and Recommendations portions of the report.
22) The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation. 2004. Nearshore Water Quality

www.lakehuron.on.ca

Report available here.

23) GAP EnviroMicrobial Services1998. Antibiotic Resistance Testing on E.coli Recovered from Swine Manure when Exposed to Sediments of Lake Huron Copy of report
24) Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority, Tri-Municipal Council, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Energy, 1996, Rapid E.coli Test Evaluation at Eight Bathing Beaches; Copy of portion of report
25) SOL~VE press release 1996 Copy of 2 clippings
26) BSRA, 1997. Zurich Lagoon Report; The Lake Huron-St. Joseph Watershed Water Quality Partnership Project. Copy of report
27) Shelly Bonte-Gelok, Douglas M. Joy, 1999. Huron County Surface Water Quality Data Study;  Huron Farm Environmental Coalition. Copy of portion of report
28) BSRA, BSRA annual test results, % of time Lake and ravines are over standard.

Percentage of Time Ravine Tests Above the Safe Limits,

St Joseph Shores Beach Percentage of time above Safe Levels

29) Global News. Oct. 4, 2006

Ont. neglecting environment, says report, April Lindgren, Oct 4, 2006

30) BSRA, BSRA July 10th Spill Press Release Press Release link
31) Ontario Environment Commissioner’s Report. 2006.

Remarks

Annual Report 2005-2006(228 pages)

32) Jane Mawdsley, Richard Bardgett, Roger merry, Brian Pain, Michael Theodorou. 1994. Pathogens in Livestock Waste, their potential for movement through soil and environmental Pollution; Applied Soil Ecology.

ScienceDirect Internet link

33) G.J. Medema, M. Bahar, F. Schets. 1997. Survival of cryptosporidium parvum … in river water : influence of temperature and autochthonous microorganisms: Water Science and Technology. ScienceDirect Internet link
34) Conestoga Rovers and Associates. 2005.  Multimedia Modeling for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment – coping Report

Copy of portion of report

35) Mike Moroney. 2006. MoE Letter to BSRA, November 15, 2006 Copy of letter Request for Information Following Meeting of October 18, 2006
36) G. Palmateer, A. Scott, C. Odegarrd, D. VanBakel, W. Robertson. 2007.  Incidence and Survival of Common Bacterial Pathogens in the Interstitial Zone of Three Great Lakes Beaches.  53 p. Copy of cover page
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