Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Flood Prevention Initiatives Include Tearing Up Canadian Streets
Five Canadian cities will have portions of their asphalt roads ripped up and replaced with permeable brick and gravel this summer in an effort to…
Seaterra Program Abandons Controversial McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Seaterra program will not be continuing with the proposed wastewater treatment plant at McLoughlin Point in Victoria, British Columbia, due to decisions last week…
Charges Laid in Alberta Oil Spill
Plains Midstream, the owner of a pipeline that leaked nearly half a million litres of oil into Red Deer River in 2012, is facing charges…
Charlottetown Asks Homeowners to Switch to Water Meters
The City of Charlottetown water and sewer utility has launched the Take Control program, a new initiative designed to encourage flat-rate water customers to switch…
Pickering-Ajax Citizens Push for Elimination of Algae on Waterfront
The citizens of Pickering and Ajax are bolstering efforts to have the Province of Ontario and the Regions of Durham and York eliminate algae-inducing output…
Actual Media Launches Online Digital Library Service
Actual Media Inc. is proud to announce the launch of their new online library service. The E-Library is a digital archive that provides all back…
Alberta Environmental Monitoring Agency Now Operational
In response to the passing of Protecting Alberta’s Environment Act on April 28 2014, the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) has now…
Nanaimo Water Reservoir Completed
The new 14 million litre water reservoir in Nanaimo, British Columbia has reached completion, thanks to significant funding from the federal Gas Tax Fund, which contributed…
Gas Tax Fund and Building Canada Fund Contribute Millions to Innovative Wastewater Facility
Costs for the innovative Sechelt Water Resource Centre in Sechelt, British Columbia will be covered by the federal Gas Tax Fund and the Communities Component of the…
A Watershed Moment
What happens when data streams from an intensely instrumented watershed are combined with next-generation analytics in a high-powered computing environment? The answer is an unprecedented…
Buctouche First Nations Community Opens New Water Treatment Plant
The Buctouche First Nation in eastern New Brunswick is opening a new water treatment plant that will provide safe and clean drinking water to the…
Wood Buffalo, Alberta Launches Water Conservation Campaign
Wood Buffalo, Alberta launched its water conservation campaign on May 20. The goal of this initiative is multifaceted: to highlight the importance of water and…
Canadian Government Tightening Water Standards on National Planes, Trains, and Ships
The Canadian government is introducing stricter regulations to ensure clean water aboard planes, trains, and passenger ships for drinking, hand washing, oral hygiene, and food…
Unsafe Amounts of Lead in 13 Per Cent of Toronto Homes: Toronto Star
The Toronto Star has reported that tap water in 13 per cent of Toronto homes tested over the last six years contain an unsafe amount…
PM Announces National Conservation Plan
Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched the new National Conservation Plan (NCP) on May 15 in New Maryland, New Brunswick. The plan aims to provide a…
Canadian and American Researchers Link Groundwater Use to Earthquakes
Researchers at the University of Ottawa and Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington have published an article exploring the direct link between human caused groundwater…
Okanagan Basin Water Board Proposes Province-Wide Water Commission
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is proposing to the provincial government a British Columbia water commission to streamline water use reporting and to connect…
Putting Water on Page 1
When it comes to water perception and management, the public is the chief driver of change. Unfortunately, a shocking number of Canadians appear to be…
Investing to Save
Like many jurisdictions, Ontario is working to ensure the financial and environmental sustainability of municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. While “doing more with less”…
Manitoba Announces New Peatlands Policy
The Province of Manitoba released a new Peatlands Stewardship Strategy on April 30, including Canada’s first stand-alone legislation on the subject. The legislation will ensure…
Ontario Named an International Water Industry Leader
According to WaterTAP Ontario, Canada’s most populous province has awarded more water industry patents in the past 30 years than any other comparable government jurisdiction…
Keeyask Generation Project Report Released
Manitoba’s Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh released the Clean Environment Commission’s (CEC) report on the Keeyask Generation Project on May 7. It recommends…
Canadian Water Network Invests in Research to Integrate Traditional and Western Knowledge
The Canadian Water Network (CWN) is investing nearly $200,000 in a research project aimed at addressing the disproportionate burden First Nations communities in Canada face…
Kelowna Wins Tap Water Taste Challenge at BCWWA Annual Conference
The City of Kelowna, British Columbia won the inaugural British Columbia Water & Waste Association’s (BCWWA) “Best of the Best” tap water taste test challenge…