Local governments across Canada are focusing on sustainable service delivery—delivering core municipal services in a reliable and cost effective manner in the face of increased…
Stormwater drainage systems are our first line of defence against pluvial flooding. In recent years, many Canadian studies have pointed to the abysmal state of…
Each year in South Sudan, as the harvest gives way to the dry season, local populations begin to move off their land in search of…
Above photo: Bishop’s Falls: Abydoz Engineered Wetlands in Bishop’s Falls commissioned in 2016 with a Design Population of 4,300. Credit: Abydoz Environmental Inc. When talking…
We have been playing a dramatic game of chicken with the natural limits of the planet for centuries. On one side is human behaviour and…
Some older Canadian homes still have lead water pipes, posing an important and complex public health challenge. About one per cent of water service lines…
Somewhere around the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 a bunch of hippies said, “hey man, we should use less stuff, share what we…
A growing human population and runaway consumption are putting unsustainable pressures on the natural resources we depend on for survival. Our misuse and abuse of land and…
Understanding and deriving value from environmental data is an ongoing challenge for watershed managers and regulators. In an era where the demand for community engagement…
Have you ever noticed a slight odour of sewage in the air after a heavy rainfall? Some of you will be bewildered by this question,…
Ask your average Canadian about the notion of water risk and they’re likely to say, “not here in Canada!” Yet water risk is a multifaceted…
Over the past four years, the Government of New Brunswick has launched a number of major climate change focused initiatives, including a discussion guide on…
Canada has a rich history as a peacekeeping nation and a commitment to continue this legacy. However, there is a growing recognition that the nature…
Postponing Day Zero in Cape Town for 2018 comes as no surprise. There was no sense to it once the day had been pushed into the…
As threats to public infrastructure from cyber attacks are on the rise from coordinated—sometimes state-backed—actors, public utilities are being forced to seek new risk management…
Sometimes too much of a bad thing can actually be a good thing—an air-cleaning, job-creating, waste-reducing, money-making good thing. Stratford, Ont., a city of about…
A Call for Some Flexibility and Reason in Achieving Our Goals Watching with great interest how the implementation of the Wastewater System Effluent Regulations (WSER)…
Gender equality issues have gained unprecedented attention since late 2017, notably through the #MeToo movement. Dialogue on gender equity has brought a sharp focus on…
World Water Day 2018 marks the beginning of the new International Decade for Action – Water for Sustainable Development. The new Decade can be traced back…
Shōzō Tanaka, a 19th century Japanese conservationist, once said that “the care of rivers is not a question of rivers but of the human heart.”…
I somewhat jokingly like to call myself an asset management evangelist. My super power is that I can turn any conversation into one about asset…
Canadian water and wastewater operators Jason Mank, Marcel Misuraca, and Glen Ketchum recently made a difference in the lives of the residents of Dominica. The…
Many things in life are optional, but food isn’t one of them. That’s why the findings of a new research report by the Institute for…
The city of Cape Town, South Africa is under extreme water rationing and heading towards complete depletion of its municipal water supply. When Day Zero—the…