Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Relationship Reset: Safe Water for All First Nations
Opposition to the federal government’s attempts to introduce regulations for water and wastewater has been persistent ever since the government set out to engage with…
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Beer Brewed By the Bay
Being in the Georgian Bay Biosphere, proper water management is something the owners of Trestle Brewing believe is an important part of the operation’s sustainability.…
Atlantic Canada’s Model for a First Nations-led Water Authority
As First Nations are more actively deploying their own governance locally, regionally, and nationally, a growing body of Canadian leaders are advocating for the federal…
Parliament’s Watchdog Delivers Assessment of Investment Needs for First Nations
In early December, Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette released a report that documented the government’s shortfall in spending to deliver on the 2015 campaign promise…
Has Road Salt Run its Course?
Marshes, streams and lakes lie alongside many of the roads and highways that zigzag across North America. Plants and animals inhabit these water bodies and…
Improving Canadian Design Standards & Procurement for Climate Resilience
Much of Canada’s water infrastructure has been in place for many years. Infrastructure designs and associated procurement processes are based on existing climate patterns. With…
Worst-Case Economics: Accounting for Climate Change
“Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task, if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us, that when the storm is long past,…
Pipe Technology Aids Halton’s Expansion Plans
Halton Region, which lies between the cities of Hamilton and Mississauga southwest of Toronto, on Lake Ontario, is growing rapidly. According to statistics from Ontario…
@LakeSuperior on Trudeau, Greatness, and Gordon Lightfoot
With just over 15,000 followers on Twitter, @LakeSuperior is a social media sensation loved and revered for its courage, wit, and sometimes, bad temper. Water Canada caught…
Ontario’s Trend Towards Stormwater Fees
In January 2016, the City of Mississauga became the largest municipality in Canada to charge customers with a stormwater fee. This funding is earmarked for…
New Facility Classification Model for Water Systems in B.C. & Yukon
British Columbia and Yukon Territory have embarked upon a new classification system for water systems that promises to strengthen the oversight of operational responsibilities, recruitment, training, and…
Evaluating the Costs of Cutting Phosphorus in Ontario
Nutrient loadings (particularly phosphorus) from human, agricultural, and industrial waste, combined with climate change, changes in land use patterns, and invasive species are creating algal…
A Renewed Outlook for B.C.’s Freshwater
As B.C.’s new government embarks on the hard work of fulfilling its platform commitments and ministerial mandates, there will be no shortage of pressing issues…
Increased Cooperation to Support Great Lakes Transportation
The Great Lakes are a critical shared waterway, and cooperation between the United States and Canada has been key to the safety and efficiency of…
Mapping Boreal Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge
This July, Paul Betsina spent five days in a helicopter over boreal wetlands, flying so low he thought he could “reach out and grab the…
Stars Are Aligning for Generating Value from Wastewater in Ontario
The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) recently made a very helpful public service announcement for the water technology sector. Her report, Every Drop Counts, included a…
Could Alternative Financing Revive North America’s Water Network?
Financing improvements to North America’s water network is a gargantuan task—one that has ascended the public sector’s ability to handle alone. The recent public health…
Continental Access, Key to Canadian Water Cleantech Success
The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement is underway. Canadian corporate executives are, with good reason, concerned that a new wave of protectionism…
How Green Roofs Can Protect City Streets From Flooding
Spring and summer 2017 have been among the wettest on record in eastern North America. And the world is watching Houston, the Caribbean, and Florida…
Green Bonds Go Blue
In 2016, the number of green bond issuances doubled to US$83 billion—boosted by China’s US$36 billion of new issuances, and raising the total outstanding green…
Financial Tools to Increase Coastal Resilience
Every decade or so there is a global catastrophe that redefines the conversation about public policy. For those interested in coastal development and climate change,…
Turning Brown Into Green
There’s an old Yorkshire saying that goes, “Where there’s muck, there’s money.” The phrase means there’s a lot of money in dealing with dirty materials.…
Optimizing Asset Management Through Environmental Management Standards
There are an increasing number of municipalities in Ontario adopting environmental management standards (EMS) for their wastewater and stormwater systems in the form of ISO…
A Vision for Canada as a Leader on the Global Water Stage
On this most important anniversary for our country, we have opportunity to reflect upon the role water has played in shaping our identity. When people…