Swim Drink Fish Stories
Read the latest stories, updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, and more.
8. Investigating Water Quality Across Canada
This blog dives into some investigation work we’ve done and highlights the need for transparency around water pollution.
7. Increasing Swimmability of Urban Waterfronts
This blog explores how we’re enhancing urban waterfronts to connect communities to water in meaningful ways.
6. Bringing Artists Together Across Canada to Celebrate Water
For the last 12 years, our annual Artists for Water fundraiser has helped bring artists together across Canada to celebrate water, art, and beauty.
5. Uniting Great Lakes–St. Lawrence groups through the Biinaagami Project
This blog spotlights the Biinaagami Project. A collaboration between Swim Drink Fish and Canadian Geographic that brings community water groups together around shared responsibility for Great Lakes St Lawrence watershed.
4. Storytelling Through the Watermark Project
This blog highlights the power of storytelling and how it’s harnessed at Swim Drink Fish through the Watermark Project to amplify and protect the waterbodies we love.
3. Advocating for Real-Time Monitoring in the City of Toronto
This blog highlights the need for the critical initiative of Real-time monitoring (RTM) in Toronto. RTM is not just about addressing today’s challenges; it’s about safeguarding the future.
2. Providing a Free Platform for Sharing Water Quality Data
We developed the Swim Guide to seek an answer to one of our most asked questions, “Where can I go swimming?” - This blog digs into the past, present, and future of the platform.
1. Empowering Communities to Protect and Celebrate Water
Over the last 24 years, Swim Drink Fish has had the privilege of working with local and global communities to help protect and celebrate their local waters through a number of different initiatives and tools.
10 Things Swim Drink Fish is Doing to Keep Our Water ‘Swimmable, Drinkable, and Fishable’
We are passionate about protecting the water at Swim Drink Fish, and we work towards that protection in a number of ways through our initiatives. This blog kicks off a series where we highlight the ten ways we’re actively working to protect and celebrate water in Canada and beyond!
The Case for Toronto’s Western Beaches
Visitors to Toronto’s Western Beaches during summer months are frequently met with “no swimming” signs or beach closures due to poor water quality. In addition to ruining a day of summer fun, these signs serve as an important reminder of a much larger issue: Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).