Restoring our River Together, Removing the Detroit River from the List of Areas of Concern

The Detroit River was identified as an Area of Concern in 1987 under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA calls for localized, concentrated efforts to restore the 43 degraded locations through the development of cleanup plans (or Remedial Action Plans, RAPs). An individualized RAP is required for each AOC. The ultimate goal of the RAP is to identify and complete restoration actions in order to remove an AOC from this list. The process of removing an AOC from the list is called ‘delisting’. Delisting occurs when all locally-defined actions are completed and the Governments in both Canada and the United States agree that scientific evidence shows the location is no worse than other Great Lakes locations and that there is local, public support in favour of delisting.

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