Thursday, June 25, 2026
Water Steward of the Year: Warren Brown
Lytton First Nation’s Warren Brown was recognized in the Water/Wastewater Operator category of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards. Brown also received additional recognition as the…
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Non-government Leader: Amy Weston
The Nova Scotia Salmon Association’s Amy Weston was recognized in the Non-government Leader category of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards. As the habitat programs manager for…
Government Leader: Indra Maharjan
The Ontario Clean Water Agency’s Indra Maharjan was recognized in the Government Leader category of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards. It’s an understatement to say…
Business Leader: Ben Kerr
Foundry Spatial’s Ben Kerr was recognized in the Business Leader category of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards. What to do when freshwater data is buried…
Academic Leader: Dr. Banu Örmeci
Carleton University’s Dr. Banu Örmeci was recognized in the Academic Leader category of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards. COVID-19 has brought many activities to a…
Creating an effective national strategy on First Nations water issues
Over the past decade, Canada’s federal government has focused significant attention on First Nations’ water problems, first by recognizing the challenge in 2011, then prioritizing…
Creating Green Streets
We need to think differently about roadways. Linear roadway and street corridors are often constrained in approaches to providing traditional stormwater management (SWM) measures. Yet…
New thinking is addressing performance challenges at wastewater treatment plants
Wastewater treatment plant upgrades happen all the time because owners are constantly improving efficiency, expanding capacity, and striving for better environmental stewardship. Not surprisingly, while…
Cyber security for water utilities
Just south of the border, a water utility produces 20 million gallons of potable water daily. The water is dispersed through 1,000 kilometres of pipes…
H2Opinion: A new look at water technology
The past two decades have seen the rapid rise of clean technology (‘cleantech’), from the term’s introduction in 2002 to an expected $2.5 trillion global…
Renewing water infrastructure
The construction of water infrastructure across the country has accelerated in recent years. Canada’s latest Core Public Infrastructure Survey found that an average of approximately…
How to empower more women to enter and stay in the environment sector
The scarcity of women in the environment sector and working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) positions is an ongoing concern. And the challenges…
Nine insights for small companies looking to tap the municipal market
In recent years, the number of small and emerging water technology companies developing innovative solutions to address municipal water resource management challenges has grown significantly.…
Blue Economy: Governing a blue economy
Water governance, often confused with water management, is as tricky as water itself to nail down. Streams, rivers, and lakes flow across multiple jurisdictions, and…
Communicating science in a crisis
Communicating science during a crisis is no simple task. Over the past year, governments across the world have faced the shared challenge of communicating the…
Wastewater-based epidemiology
Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, individual swab-testing has been adopted globally as the gold-standard for acquiring information regarding positive cases, rates of…
Water treatment plant internship program supports young Indigenous adults
How a resilient group of young Indigenous water treatment interns became new water treatment plant operators despite 2020 challenges. At the Ontario First Nations Technical…
Next generation of stormwater incentives
Stormwater user fees have provided many Canadian municipalities with stable, dedicated funding for critical stormwater services, while stormwater credit programs can lower stormwater charges and…
2021 Water’s Next Award Winners Announced
Water Canada celebrated the winners of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards on June 10, 2021 as part of the 12th annual Canadian Water Summit. Hosted…
What Risks Do Asbestos Cement Water Pipes Pose to Public Health?
For millions of Canadians, getting a drink of water from the tap or taking a shower doesn’t involve any second-guessing. The assumption is the water…
Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease
Legionella was discovered after an outbreak in 1976 among people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion. Those who were affected suffered…
Proactive Measures Needed for Addressing Water Infrastructure Assets
Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic put our critical infrastructure to the test. One major aspect of that was municipal water systems and its reliability.…
How Water Movement is Promoting Information Sharing Between Operators
Why do some communities not have access to safe, reliable access to drinking water? Especially in a country like Canada that’s known for having one…
2021 Water’s Next Finalists Announced
Every year, Water Canada’s Water’s Next awards program honours the incredible achievements and ideas of individuals and companies that successfully work to make a positive…