The Government of British Columbia will take a series of immediate steps toward ensuring safe drinking water for approximately 200 residents near Spallumcheen, just north…
A group of Canadian researchers have published new research that points to hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells, not wastewater disposal, as the cause…
Carleton University and the Jarislowsky Foundation have announced a partnership to create a $4-million endowed research chair to address the critical challenges of water and…
Ontario Pork, the industry association that represents the 1,369 farmers in the province, released its inaugural Social Responsibility Report, measuring economic, environmental, social, and governance…
A new report calling on the government to make changes to the Fisheries Act is gaining support among a large number of Canadian scientists, First Nations groups,…
Stantec Inc. has announced a merger with Broomfield, Colorado-based MWH Global—the biggest deal in the engineering and infrastructure design consulting companyt’s 62-year history. The Edmonton-based…
The Department of Environment and Conservation honoured two municipal water operators for their services with Water Operator of the Year Awards this week. Dale Walsh…
Canada’s Budget 2016 was released this week, and the federal government’s plan proposes $11.9 billion toward infrastructure over the next five years—starting right away. The budget also…
Banning plastic-bottled water may be the next item on Montreal’s environmental to-do list. According to a report by The Canadian Press, Mayor Denise Coderre has…
In 2005, when half the people living on the Kashechewan First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario were evacuated following an E. coli outbreak in the…
Hydrogeologist John Anthony Cherry was awarded this year’s Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize during Singapore’s World Water Week. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize honours…
The treatment of municipal wastewaters in small northern communities across Canada can be challenging because of harsh climatic conditions, difficult logistical and operational circumstances, competing…
Ontario is pushing to get to large building owners measure and track water usage. The Ontario Ministry of Energy has made a proposal that requires…
Following the United Nations projection that there could be a 40 per cent shortfall of water availability globally by 2030, the World Energy Council has…
The Tsawwassen First Nation in British Columbia hosted a grand opening event for its $27 million new wastewater treatment plant this week. The infrastructure project…
Dangerous nitrate levels in drinking water could persist for decades, increasing the risk for blue baby syndrome and other serious health concerns, according to a…
If you talk to anyone who thinks seriously about water, the conversation will at some point turn to the need for evidence-based decision making. If…
Clearford Water Systems Inc. has won the Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association’s 2016 Corporate Innovation Award, at OOWA’s 17th Annual Conference held in Kingston last week.…
University of Saskatchewan climate change expert, John Pomeroy, says that Saskatchewan is vulnerable to extreme weather events, including floods and wildfires, after an unseasonably warm…
The City of Mississauga’s new stormwater levy will begin to appear on Region of Peel water bills for Mississauga properties in March. The stormwater charge…
People living in the North are observing changes in the environment. They have questions about the health of northern ecosystems due to the effects of…
On February 29, 2016, the government of British Columbia brought the new Water Sustainability Act into force along with a first phase of regulations. The Water Sustainability…
A small neighbourhood in Abbotsford, B.C. has the best municipal tap water in world. Clearbrook won gold at the annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting in…
The movement to stop the development of a hydroelectric dam in northeastern British Columbia has hit a roadblock, as the Supreme Court of British Columbia…