Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Ecojustice Releases Great Lakes Basin Pollution Report
Ecojustice, a Canadian environmental charity, has released a new report ranking 12 Ontario municipalities on their ability to minimize sewage pollution in the Great Lakes…
Laurentian Bank to Help Fund Sudbury Wastewater Facility
Montreal’s Laurentian Bank has announced its participation in a consortium that will provide financial assistance to N-Viro Systems Canada LP for the purposes of constructing…
Regina Sets Tentative Date for Wastewater Referendum
Regina has set a tentative date for Regina’s referendum over funding models for a new wastewater treatment plant. City council has earmarked September 25 as…
Newfoundland Makes Water Infrastructure Announcements
The Government of Newfoundland announced several water-related infrastructure investments on August 8, including upgrades to the water and sewer systems of the Towns of Fortune…
Canadian, Israeli Companies Join Forces for Oil Sands R&D
IDE Technologies of Israel, and Canadian company Clean Harbors have announced a joint research and development strategy to increase the availability of mechanical vapor compression…
Pure Technologies Subsidiary Awarded Contracts in Mexico
Calgary-based Pure Technologies has announced that its subsidiary, Pure Inspection Technologies Mexico, has been awarded two additional contracts for work in Cutzamala, Mexico. The company…
Okanagan Regional Board Approves Sludge Deal with Penticton
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and City of Penticton are extending an existing relationship of shared services and opportunity to include the disposition of some…
Project to Improve B.C. Lake’s Water Quality Enters Fifth Stage
As part of a large scale project to improve the water quality of Williams Lake in central British Columbia, construction is set to begin on…
Winnipeg to Gauge Private-Sector Interest in Biosolids Reuse
Winnipeg’s public service is issuing a request for expressions of interest and qualifications to gauge the interest of private sector firms in the beneficial reuse…
Boiling Points
Montreal taps were running a tad muddy after a pump at one of the city’s six water treatment plants malfunctioned in May. But a rapidly…
B.C. Invests in Flood Mitigation in West Kelowna
The District of West Kelowna has submitted an application to British Columbia’s Flood Protection Program (FPP) for $510,000 worth of flood mitigation works at McDougall…
Saskatchewan Invests in M1 Canal Rehabilitation
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency has announced funding to rehabilitate part of the M1 Canal, which extends from Lake Diefenbaker to Broderick Reservoir, near Outlook. The…
Officials Closely Monitor Slocan River Jet Fuel Spill
Officials are operating with caution around a tanker truck that crashed in Central Kootenay, British Columbia, spilling 35,000 litres of jet fuel. The accident forced…
IJC Presents Flooding Study Recommendations
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released recommendations for a plan of study (PDF) for flooding tendencies in the Lake Champlain Richelieu River basin. The…
The Name of the Game is Drought
Facing drought is a growing necessity. In the United States, drought ranks second or third of natural disasters, depending on the year, in terms of…
Alberta Premier Redford Discusses Flooding Concerns with Insurers
“The water may have receded in Southern Alberta, but life is anything but back to normal in the affected communities. The focus now is on…
Consultant Stresses Need for Municipalities to Plan for Extreme Weather
A July 23 release from environmental engineering firm XCG Consulting suggests that the violent flooding seen in Toronto in early July could have been much…
Regina Calls Wastewater Facility Referendum
Following months of debate and public dissatisfaction, Regina’s city council has voted to hold a referendum on its plan for building a new waste water…
B.C. First Nation Community Opens Treatment Facility
Members of the Toquaht Nation in Macoah celebrated the opening of a new water treatment facility July 20. The project came to fruition through $2.1…
Alberta Town Promised New Water Treatment System
The Government of Alberta is continuing its efforts to rebuild areas of the province affected by last month’s extensive flooding. On July 22, Associate Minister…
Imagine H2O Announces Scientific Advisory Council Members
Imagine H2O has announced the names of 10 water industry executives and leading researchers who will serve as founding members of the organization’s scientific advisory…
Power Play
Water makes a significant contribution to Canada’s electricity needs. But the water-energy story is more complicated than the provision of hydropower. At the community level,…
Newfoundland Town Receives Small-Scale Water Treatment System
The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador have collaborated with the Town of Wabana to invest $370,000 into local drinking water infrastructure. The money will go…
Saskatchewan Announces Lower Qu’Appelle River Watershed Plan
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency (WSA) has announced over $90,000 in funding to the Lower Qu’Appelle Watershed Stewards to help implement the Lower Qu’Appelle River…