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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The Fraser Institute has released a new, independent report on the state of Canada’s freshwater resources. Canadian Environmental Indicators: Water takes a look at how…
If you work in a wastewater treatment facility, you know better than to flush a toilet containing anything that isn’t water, human waste, or toilet…
Under Places to Grow, Ontario’s growth management plan, the small south-central Town of Georgina is expected to add 45,000 people to its current population of…
Not much is known about the health impacts of silver nanoparticles. Often employed for its antibacterial properties, nanosilver fights potentially harmful bacteria in consumer products…
For its fifth and final Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar of the 2012-2013 season, the POLIS Water Sustainability Project focuses on the legal rights of…
“The Mackenzie River Basin is one of the world’s few that remains relatively unspoiled,” says Henry J. Vaux, Jr., professor emeritus of resource economics at…
Increasing global demand and the impacts of climate change are placing unprecedented strain on freshwater resources. In order to ensure a viable business future, companies…
Albertans might support the XL Pipeline as a means to move one resource out of the province, but at the same time, there’s a struggle…
With each province and territory subject to its own water challenges, keeping tabs on regulations and policies from coast to coast can be a confusing…
When Albert van Roodselaar, a manager in Metro Vancouver’s utility planning department, says British Columbia is “totally different” from Canada’s other provinces, it doesn’t come…
How is Yukon’s newly proposed water strategy different from other provincial and territorial water strategies? It’s not, really, says Heather Jirousek, a program advisor at…
When I visited Chief Eli Mandamin near Kenora, Ontario last May, he was preparing an affidavit in response to the City of Winnipeg’s move to…
Few places in the world use allocation systems as part of their overall water management regime—Alberta and British Columbia are two, Australia, Oregon, and California…
As businesses struggled to recover from one of the greatest economic crises since the 1930s, natural disaster struck. According to Neil Gilbertson, managing director at…
As aging water assets reach the end of their lives, leaks, breaks, and decreased hydraulic performance are increasingly evident across Canada. Old metallic pipes are…
Stormwater flows within the Kitchener, Ontario area are directed towards the Grand River, with Lake Erie acting as the ultimate receiver. Additionally, about 70 per…
When Dr. Sherri Mason and her team cast a net into three Great Lakes last July, scouring for debris, they weren’t sure what to expect.…
In recent years, Canadian municipalities have realized that the price we pay for water and wastewater services must rise. We’ve needed to move towards sustainable…
While the agricultural sector is an important contributor to Canada’s prosperity, it’s also a major consumer of water resources and, when not properly managed, linked…