Obviously, with population intensity on both sides of the Great Lakes, ringing the Great Lakes, particularly Lakes Huron and Ontario and Erie in our case, all aspects of development—from building close to rivers, to power development, to wastewater treatment plants and effluent of all kinds, including from cottage country in Lake Simcoe, for example—all such activities will have an impact on water quality. The best way to approach these is to understand what the impacts of developments will be before we get the development under way.
On May 12th, 2015. See this statement in context.