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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…

Water has always fascinated Marcus Sheppard. After taking a course in hydrology at Wilfrid Laurier University, he looked to Sir Sandford Fleming College’s Environmental Technology…

Urban development fundamentally changes the ways by which water flows through the local environment. Without the application of best management practices to control stormwater runoff…

With pickaxes and pans in hand, tens of thousands of people flooded the Yukon in 1896 in search of gold in its snowy creeks. Three…

Filmmaker and polar explorer Mark Terry has travelled to both ends of the earth, making it his business to share what he learns from teams…

Managing sewage in Canada’s Arctic communities is very different than in the more populated southern regions of Canada. Arctic communities tend to have small populations…

For a long time, water and wastewater systems have been developed and redeveloped on a piecemeal basis, says Shane Freitag, a partner at Borden Ladner…

Even though hot water can be the first or second largest use of energy in many homes, not a lot of thought is given to…

For a City that relies solely on groundwater, conservation is a given challenge. Add to that a rapidly growing population and a strategy to reduce…

A reliable water supply can be one of the first—and most important—things to be threatened in a state of emergency, whether it’s a natural disaster…

Robert Haller is putting his knowledge of how national and provincial policies play out at the municipal level to good use.After 20 years in municipal…

When disaster hits, people around the world look for meaningful ways to help, but feel powerless to do much more than make donations. When a…