Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and China’s Minister of Environmental Protection, Zhou Shengxian, signed a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on environmental cooperation last week in…
In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada’s environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory panel…
Ottawa-based Clearford Industries Inc. has made agreements with two municipal governments representing towns near Cali, Colombia to design and supply wastewater collection and treatment systems.…
The second $100,000 Imagine H2O competition has launched its call for entries. This year, the theme is the water-energy nexus—innovations could focus on a number…
Liberal members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development today released their report from the committee’s study of the impact…
Last week RBC announced the last wave of its 2010 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Seven organizations from Canada, the United States and…
Yesterday, the United Nations adopted a resolution proclaiming the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation. Presented by Bolivia and 33 other States, the…
The recent ratification of legislation favouring ultraviolet (UV) disinfection methods—in addition to other variables—bodes well for the market, says Frost & Sullivan. The company’s new…
Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc., a company that treats industrial wastewater, will construct a third water treatment plant in China, in joint venture with Jiangxi…
Recognizing the importance of finding efficient and economical ways to recover heavy oil from the oil sands regions, GE and Calgary-based FilterBoxx Water & Environmental…
Quebec City-based H2O Innovation Inc., a water treatment solutions company, has been awarded new contracts totaling $4.5 million. These contracts will see the company provide…
Insituform Technologies, Inc. has received a contract award for US$4 million to rehabilitate over 11,000 feet of drinking water pipelines in Victoria, British Columbia. Work…
More than 580 billion litres of drinking water, the equivalent of 236,000 Olympic swimming pools, are being wasted every year by homeowners in the Great…
Increased concerns regarding water scarcity and water use restrictions are main drivers for growth in the North American industrial and municipal water reuse markets, says…
Twenty-two organizations, selected from 161 applicants from around the world, are sharing more than $2 million in grants for programs that help protect watersheds and…
The bulk water export debate is back in the media. Most recently, a new report from the Fraser Institute says that Canada should look at…
EPCOR Utilities Inc. has signed an agreement for the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Chaparral City Water Company of Arizona. Chaparral, a subsidiary of…
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has initiated a search for a new executive director to lead the 81-year old non-profit technical and educational water quality…
“We want Ontario to provide the solutions the world is calling for,” said Ontario’s Minister of Environment, John Gerretsen, today. Quietly and without much advance…
A University of Toronto study of the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other chemicals in the rivers running into Lake Ontario reveals significantly higher…
Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today tabled a new bill, the Transboundary Waters Protection Act, which proposes protection of Canadian water by strengthening prohibitions…
Nineteen influential environmental scientists from Germany will participate in a water protection research seminar Thursday as part of a four-day visit to the University of…
Wheatley Harbour, Ontario is once again a clean and healthy aquatic ecosystem, announced Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex last week. Wheatley Harbour was designated…
As growing pressures combine to force investments in water infrastructure and technology of up to US$1 trillion every year between now and 2030, Jens Peers,…