Saturday, June 7, 2025
Real Tech’s CEO Named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Jodi Glover, CEO and co-founder of Whitby, Ontario’s Real Tech Inc., was named the 2012 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur of the year for the TPH…
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Council of the Federation Releases Water Project RFPs
The Council of the Federation’s Water Stewardship Council has issued three requests for proposals for water projects, including a toolbox of regulatory and non-regulatory options…
New Report Explores Climate Change Adaptation
How should water resources management practices across the country be modified to adapt to the challenges posed by changing weather patterns and global climate change?…
Water Companies Honoured in 2012 Green 15
Several Canadian water and wastewater technology companies have been honoured with Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Green 15 award, including Bionest Technologies (Quebec), H2O Innovation (Quebec), HG…
Canada and India Partner for Safe Drinking Water
The federal government has selected the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnership to Accelerate Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) as the winner of the Canada-India Research…
Seprotech Shareholders Approve Acquisition of WESA
Ottawa-based Seprotech Systems has approved, subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the proposed acquisition of WESA Group Inc., a company focused…
CWWA to Highlight Utilities
The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) is now accepting nominations for its 2012 Utility Excellence Awards. The awards highlight the work of water and…
CWN Announcing $3.2 Million in Research Support
The Canadian Water Network is issuing five calls to the water research community, with up to $3.2 million in research support available. The funding opportunities are…
Water Contaminant Database Released for Industry Professionals
A new online reference guide is giving water quality professionals access to a database of water contaminant information, and the regulatory standards associated with them. The WaterTrax…
Artemis Announces Top 50 Water Tech; Two Canadian Companies in Top 5
Five Canadian companies received recognition for their water technologies in the annual Artemis Top 50, announced this Thursday. APG-Neuros (Blainville, Québec) Aqua-Pure Ventures (Calgary), ENBALA…
Chrysalix Invests in Vancouver’s Axine Water Technologies
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital has invested in Vancouver’s Axine Water Technologies, developers of a low-cost solution for treating toxic organic pollutants in wastewater. The investment…
Canada Needs Better Asset Management: Infrastructure Study
Canada’s first-ever report card on the state of its public works assets has been released, and it turns out that the system with the worst…
IBC Puts Rain to Work in PEI
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has launched the first Atlantic Region study of the impact of collective rain barrel use with the Town of…
Changes in Calcium Levels Can Leave Organisms Vulnerable: Study
Changes in Canadian lake water chemistry have left small water organisms vulnerable to their predators, which may pose a serious environmental threat, according to a…
Rosenberg Forum Convenes to Discuss the Mackenzie River Basin
The governance of Canada’s massive Mackenzie River Basin holds enormous national and global importance due to the watershed’s impact on the Arctic Ocean, international migratory…
Wagmatcook and Gitanmaax Celebrate New Water Projects
Two First Nation communities celebrated water infrastructure grand openings last week. The Wagmatcook Band of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia opened its new wastewater treatment…
Canada and U.S. Come Together to Control Asian Carp
Canada has joined the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC), the latest step in the United States’ effort to ensure comprehensive action to protect the…
Harper Launches Phase Two Lake of Winnipeg Cleanup
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced federal support for the second phase of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative (LWBI) which will focus on improving water quality…
CIDA Renews and Expands WaterCan Partnership
Canadian water charity WaterCan announced its renewed and expanded partnership with the federal government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) last week. The five-year…
FCM Wants Long-Term Plan for Wastewater Upgrade Funds
Meeting the new federal wastewater regulations is an important national project that requires a national funding plan supported by all orders of government, according to…
Feds Implement Wastewater Effluent Regs
After over three years of discussion, including very public feedback the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, the federal government…
Feds Invest in Wastewater System for Greater Victoria
The governments of Canada and British Columbia and the Capital Regional District (CRD) have announced funding for the construction of a new wastewater treatment system…
2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grants Announced
RBC has announced its 2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty organizations from five countries, selected from 219 applicants from around the world,…
American Water Scholarship Presented to Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Doctoral Student
Water and wastewater utility company American Water recently announced that Emilie Bedard, a doctoral student at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, has been chosen as the recipient of…