Monday, May 19, 2025
A Vision for Canada as a Leader on the Global Water Stage
On this most important anniversary for our country, we have opportunity to reflect upon the role water has played in shaping our identity. When people…
Portraits of Resilience: Teens Take on Climate Change
Portraits of Resilience: Teens Take on Climate Change is a new Ontario Science Centre installation that documents the effects of climate change from the perspective of…
Toronto Region Conservation Authority Announces New CEO
Today, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) announced their selection of John MacKenzie as the new chief executive officer. After a year-long North American search,…
Reframing Water Security for a Human Wellbeing Approach
A recent article published in the journal Water Security, Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach, argues that water security needs to move away…
Michigan Posts $1M Challenge for Solutions to Asian Carp
Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Legislature have launched a $1 million global search for innovative solutions to the impending invasion of the Asian carp.…
Clearford Water Systems Shows Market Growth in UV Treatment
Ottawa-based Clearford Water Systems Inc. has released unaudited consolidated financial statements, which shows revenue slightly below $1 million for the last quarter, while the UV…
Guelph, Ont. Improves Source Water Management
The City of Guelph, Ontario, has improved its review process for sanitary sewer infrastructure projects to better protect the community’s source water. The revised process…
N.B. & N.L. Put Federal Gas Tax Fund to Water Projects
New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador will direct money from the federal Gas Tax Fund transfer to fund new water projects. In July, the Government…
Ontario Startup Wins Milwaukee Accelerator Competition
The Milwaukee, WI-based Water Council and Guest of Honor Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch announced the fifth round of winners of the BREW Accelerator and…
Artificial Intelligence—Set to Transform the Water Industry
Big data, internet of things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are rapidly making their way into the water industry. A plethora of organizations in the…
Innovations for Bakery Wastewater
The Bloom Centre for Sustainability (BLOOM) released a pilot project case study today entitled, Driving Adoption of Innovative Solutions in Ontario’s Bakery Sector – Demonstrating…
Quebec Gets $7.8M to Develop Cleantech, Improve Water Quality
The Government of Canada announced a new $7.8-million investment in three Quebec companies that will improve surface water quality in Sherbrooke and Montreal. The investments…
Neskantaga First Nation To Receive $8.8M for Water Infrastructure
The Government of Canada will invest approximately $8.8 million to help upgrade the Neskantaga First Nation community’s water treatment system. The announcement includes an addition…
Glen Murray, the New Executive Director of the Pembina Institute
Following a flurry of announcements regarding former Environment Minister, Glen Murray’s resignation and Premier Wynne’s subsequent cabinet shuffle, the Pembina Institute announced today that Murray…
Great Lakes Waterfront Trail Named Ontario Trail of Distinction
Waterfront Regeneration Trust is honoured to announce that the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail has been recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) as…
Green Roof Industry Shows Double-Digit Growth in 2016
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC)has reported that the industry grew by double-digits in 2016 according to its 2016 Annual Green Roof Industry Survey released today. For…
The Drainage Act as Urban Stormwater Solution
On July 13th, the Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) hosted a workshop to forward the development of a technical report on how to accelerate stormwater management…
New Funding for Water, Wastewater, Stormwater in Vaughan, Ont.
Today, Canada and Ontario have announced funding for forty new water, wastewater, and stormwater projects in seventeen communities. Deborah Schulte, Member of Parliament for King—Vaughan,…
New Research on Filtering Heavy Metals from Water
Research released yesterday provides an outline for creating a cheap and durable filter for removing heavy metal from water, one gram of which is capable…
New Data on Nuisance Green Algae in Lake Ontario
A recent study, Chronic nutrient loading from Lake Erie affecting water quality and nuisance algae on the St. Catharines shores of Lake Ontario, offers insight…
Western Water Resources in a Changing Climate
The Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) recently released two documents on the changing environment in Canada’s west, focused on the impacts to water resources. Future…
Ottawa Residents Get $15M Water Infrastructure Boost
Mona Fortier, MP for Ottawa-Vanier, Nathalie Des Rosiers, MPP for Ottawa-Vanier, and deputy mayor Bob Monette announced that 21 new projects in Ottawa have been…
DFO Seeks Comments on Fisheries Act
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced the launch of the second phase of Let’s Talk Fish Habitat, an…
Federal Government Invests $9.2M in White Bear First Nation
The government of Canada announced new investments to the elimination of the long-term drinking water advisory in White Bear First Nation in Saskatchewan. The approximately $9.2…