Tuesday, August 5, 2025
WWF Releases Freshwater Health Report
WWF-Canada has released a report on the healthiness of seven Canadian watersheds: the Athabasca River, the Fraser River, the Ottawa River, the St. John River,…
White-Hot Water Tech
Israel might be over half-desert, but aside from the sand, it’s not exactly easy to tell the country suffers from intense heat and prolonged drought.…
Seep Impact
Flooding is the leading cause of public emergency in Ontario. It’s increasingly clear we are experiencing stronger and more frequent storms, and this is a…
Interview: Phillip Abrary on Canada’s First Commercial Nutrient Recovery Facility
Earlier this month, the City of Saskatoon and Vancouver-based Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. officially opened Canada’s first commercial nutrient recovery facility at the city’s…
Orleans Watermain Link Project Underway
Ottawa’s Orleans Watermain Link project is underway, with lane reductions already in place on the Vanier Parkway and Coventry Road as of August 19, and…
Fredericton Releases Water and Sewer Long-Term Plan
The City of Fredericton has established a Water and Sewer Long-Term Financial Plan to act as a guideline for the water and sewer utility over…
Nova Scotian Liberal MLA Condemns Importation of Fracking Wastewater
Liberal MLA for Dartmouth East and environment critic Andrew Younger has released a statement condemning the importation of hydraulic fracking wastewater and its integration into…
Environmental Review Tribunal Rules Against Nestlé
A number of environmental groups are celebrating an Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal decision that requires a proposed agreement between Nestlé and the Ontario Ministry of…
Newfoundland Invests in Town’s Water Distribution System
Newfoundland and Labrador has once again announced investments into local water and sewer infrastructure, this time for the amount of $580,000 to the Town of…
Alberta Adjusts Land Title Policies After Flood
The Government of Alberta has made adjustments to policies on land titles and minimum flood mitigation measures that were implemented in the wake of the…
Top Ontario Plant at Centre of Local Controversy
While an Ecojustice report card recently named Pickering, Ontario’s Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant one of the province’s finest, the plant is at the…
CRD Board Confirms Direction and Timeline of Core Area Wastewater Treatment Program
Despite significant opposition from citizens (as evidenced in comments about recent related news items), British Columbia’s Capital Regional District (CRD) board confirmed earlier this week…
Let Us Help You Help Us
What’s the most difficult part of commercializing a new water technology? Ask almost any struggling startup and you’re likely to receive a similar response: finding…
Giveaway: Down the Drain: How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources
“Our water isn’t nearly as secure as we think it is,” award-winning author Chris Wood recently told Water Canada. “We don’t have in place mechanisms…
Greater Sydney Area Wastewater Project Continues
Representatives gathered yesterday to celebrate ongoing work on Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the Greater Sydney Area Wastewater Collection Project, an initiative that will…
Newfoundland Continues Municipal Infrastructure Investments
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced a $665,000 investment in water system upgrades for the communities of Port Albert and Stoneville last week. In…
Manitoba Invests in Wastewater Study for City of Thompson
The Province of Manitoba and the City of Thompson will partner to conduct a study of the options available for upgrading the city’s wastewater treatment…
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…