Sunday, July 27, 2025
BioteQ Commences Raglan Operations
BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. has announced that it has commenced water treatment operations for the 2009 season at its Raglan plant, located in Nunavik (Northern…
MBR Market Will Reach $1.3B by 2015
The global membrane bioreactors (MBR) market will reach $1.3 billion by 2015, says a new report by Global Industry Analysts. The technology’s growth will be…
New Municipal Drinking Water Licenses Issued in Ontario
Members of the Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) are among the first five municipalities to have successfully applied for the new Ontario municipal drinking water…
Case Study: AMI in Miramichi, New Brunswick
“One-third of Canadian households don’t have water meters because they haven’t been regulated to do it,” said Doug Kaupp, Lethbridge, Alberta’s water utility manager, during…
RCCAO Links Energy Costs and Water Maintenance: Report
Ontario consumers are paying $700 million per year for water that never reaches their taps. A new study (PDF) released today by the Residential and…
First PRECO Group Announced
A first group of 22 Quebec municipalities will receive $15,802,500 under the federal-provincial agreement pertaining to the water and wastewater pipeline renewal program, le Programme…
Laval to See Upgrades
Feds and the province of Quebec will upgrade three water treatment plants in Laval. The Governments of Canada and Quebec will contribute up to $46.82…
Trojan Wins Stockholm Industry Water Award
London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies, a developer and proponent of large-scale ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection systems used worldwide, has won the 2009 Stockholm Industry Water Award.…
More Experts Call for Great Lakes Amendments
Another group is campaigning for renegotiation of the “outdated” Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Great Lakes United, a cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes…
FCM Honours Well Aware
Winners of FCM’s 2009 Awards for Outstanding International Volunteer Contribution and the 2009 FCM-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards were honoured this weekend at a recognition…
Manitoba and Israel Collaborate on Wetland and Watershed Research
A joint Manitoba-Israel collaboration on research into wetlands and watersheds will be supported by a $100,000 grant from the province, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick…
Pure Acquires Pipe Eye
Calgary-headquartered Pure Technologies Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pipe Eye International, a provider of long-range specialty robotic inspection services based in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
Capital Regional District Votes for Four Sewage Plants for $1.2B
British Columbia’s Capital Regional District’s Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee (CALWMC) has selected a refined distributed wastewater management strategy for the Region’s Core Area.…
FLOW Brings Attention to Transboundary Issues on IJC Centennial
Boundary Waters Week (June 5-14) will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty with a series of events in Niagara Falls, but the…
Can We Rely on Technology to Guarantee Future Water Resources?
During this year’s Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8 to 14), the Canadian Museum of Nature is running a café scientifique—a forum in an informal setting—that asks this very question in several locations around the country.
Funds for Pemberton Potable Water Sustainability Study
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant for the Village of Pemberton, British Colombia. The Village has used…
BIOREM Awarded $1.3M in New Orders
BIOREM Inc. announced this week the receipt of two recent orders totaling $1.3 million for projects in the midwest and western coast of the United…
H2O Innovation Acquires PWT
Canadian water treatment systems manufacturer H2O Innovation Inc. has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Professional Water Technologies (PWT) in an…
Guelph Adopts WCESU Recommendations
Guelph, Ontario’s City Council voted to adopt the policy recommendations of Water Conservation and Efficiency Strategy Update (WCESU) at this week’s Council meeting. The recommendations…
Suncor Subcontractor Sentenced
Subcontractor Rodney McCabe has been ordered under house arrest for 11 months for his role in sewage being released into the Athabasca River. In 2005…
Green Party Calls for Fewer Bottles
Canada’s Green Party has voiced its opinion on bottled water by asking the federal government to avoid its purchase wherever possible, citing environmental and economic…
Hidden Treasure
Making a map is easy. Making a good resource inventory map is difficult. That’s what four southwest Saskatchewan rural municipalities (RMs) found out when they…
Eight B.C. First Nations Celebrate Completed Water Projects
Eight British Columbia First Nations have completed projects that will improve their water and wastewater systems. Since 2006, the federal government and First Nations have…
FCM’s GMF: $2.1M for Quebec
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant of $2.1 million for sustainable development projects in 14 Quebec municipalities.…