Thursday, September 11, 2025
Google Kitchener Building Saves 500,000L of Water per year
Google’s new office in Kitchener, Ontario, will save 500,000 Litres of water a year, while maximizing health and wellness through a variety of initiatives. For…
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Fossil Groundwaters Contain Modern Contaminants
Most of the groundwater in the world that is accessible by deep wells is fossil groundwater, stored beneath the earth’s surface for more than 12,000…
Manitoba Announces Flood Compensation
The Emergency Management and Public Safety Division of Manitoba Infrastructure has announced Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) will be available for eligible municipalities, homeowners, farms, and…
New Brunswick Community Receives $2.1M for Water Infrastructure
St. Margarets, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, will receive approximately $2.15 million for water infrastructure upgrades. The project, announced on the 24th, is being funded through…
Guangdong Works to Improve Water Quality, Signs Agreement with Alta.
Alberta and the province of Guangdong in southern China have signed a landmark agreement to strengthen ties and facilitate trade between the two jurisdictions as…
Ontario Brewery Implements Closed-Loop Water System
For Earth Day on April 22nd, Ontario’s Cowbell Brewing released a description of their forthcoming closed-loop system for water usage. The system will supply fresh…
Investment in Ontario Flood & Leak Sensor Tech Company
Alert Labs Inc., designer of the Flowie water sensor and Floodie companion sensor, which help to protect homes from flood damage and to provide minute-by-minute…
York Region to Invest $2.4B in Water and Wastewater
The Regional Municipality of York has announced that it will invest a total of $2.4 billion in water and wastewater projects over the next decade.…
Metro Vancouver Launches Unflushables Campaign
Metro Vancouver is rolling out a new campaign, The Unflushables, in hopes of educating residents to stop dumping items down the drain that clog the…
Report Finds Weak Business Case for Site C Hydroelectric
The University of British Columbia’s Program on Water Governance has released a new report that suggests that continuing with the Site C hydroelectric project will…
Report: Canada’s Cleantech Sector Needs Policy Encouragement
A new report from Analytica Advisors has said that Canada’s cleantech sector will struggle if federal policy fails to appropriately encourage the market. The report,…
OOWA Joins Statement on Flushable Products
The Ontario Onsite Water Association is the latest group to lend its support to the Municipal Enforcement Sewer Use Group’s (MESUG) Wastewater Industry Statement on Flushable/Non-flushable Products.…
Kawartha Lakes Develops Climate Change Response Plan
Yesterday, the city of Kawartha Lakes Council formally launched the Kawartha Lakes Healthy Environment Plan. Since 2016, the City has been working with Partners for…
Montreal to Get $84.4M from Clean Water and Wastewater Fund
The governments of Canada and Quebec have announced that they will invest nearly $84.4 million in two water projects in the Montréal area. The Honourable…
Northeast-Midwest Institute on Bi-National Great Lakes Efforts
The Northeast-Midwest Institute (NEMWI), a U.S. not-for-profit focused on economic development in and around the Great Lakes, has commented on the International Joint Commission (IJC)…
$37M in Funding for Man. Water & Wastewater Projects
The governments of Canada and Manitoba have announced investment in provincial infrastructure as they continue to develop modern, reliable water and wastewater services. The governments…
$3.2M in Capital Investments for St. John’s Water Systems
Yesterday, St. John’s City Council voted on whether to approve the Capital Plan for 2016–2018 — council minutes were unavailable at the time of writing.…
$10M in Prov. Funding to Calgary for Flood and Stormwater
Six provincial grants are part of $63 million earmarked in Budget 2017 to help Alberta communities and organizations adapt to severe weather events and a…
South Fork Water Treatment Plant Receives Engineering Award
On Saturday, April 8th, the City of Nanaimo and Associated Engineering were recognized for the City’s South Fork Water Treatment Plant, receiving an Award of…
Edmonton Council Transfers Drainage Utility to EPCOR
This morning Edmonton City Council voted to move its drainage utility from city administration to EPCOR Utilities Inc. The transfer date is set for September…
Man. Budget Adds $20M to Water Infrastructure Spending
Manitoba released its 2017 budget, yesterday, which includes $60 million for water infrastructure and $15 million for maintenance and preservation of water related assets. The…
Report Challenges EPCOR’s Efficiencies in Drainage Utility Transfer
As Edmonton City Council prepares to vote on the transfer of the city’s drainage utility to EPCOR, a report from the Edmonton and District Labour…
RBC Study Investigates Divided Public Perception of Water
Following on the release of the 10th RBC Canadian Water Attitudes Study, the RBC Blue Water Project and GlobeScan held a webinar, bringing further discussion…
RFP Shortlist for CRD Residuals Treatment Facility Released
B.C.’s Capital Regional District continues to move forward on its wastewater treatment project. It has announced that three teams have been shortlisted for the Residuals…