Saturday, May 3, 2025
Ostara Receives $13M in Financing
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based clean water company, has been awarded $13 million in financing, according to a company press release. The company,…
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Nanaimo Releases Results of Water Audit
Nanaimo, British Columbia has completed its first-ever water audit, an undertaking aimed at better understanding the population’s water consumption and demand, according to a city…
Alberta and Canada Launch Online Portal to Monitor Oil Sands
In February 2012, the federal government and provincial government of Alberta announced the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring, a collaborative effort to…
Ontario Supporting the Experimental Lakes Area
Ontario is working collaboratively with the federal government, the Government of Manitoba and other partners to keep the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) operational in 2013…
EPCOR Utilities’s Subsidiary Agrees to Purchase Arizona Water Service Provider
Edmonton-owned EPCOR Utilities’ subsidiary EPCOR Water USA has reached an agreement to acquire northwestern Arizona’s Mohave Valley Corporation, which currently provides water service to 2,000…
Ontario Cottage Country Hit by Flooding
Communities in Ontario such as Kawartha Lakes, Bracebridge, Bancroft, South Algonquin, Haliburton, Markstay-Warren, and Huntsville were ravaged by some of the heaviest spring flooding in…
Whistler to Update LWMP with Gas Tax Funding
Whistler’s wastewater treatment system, already among Canada’s most sophisticated, will receive $50,000 in gas tax funding for a project that will see the municipality review…
Saskatchewan Offers Free Drinking Water Testing in Flooded Regions
As southern Saskatchewan continues to brace itself for a heavy spring run-off, the provincial government has offered free testing of private drinking water sources, provided…
Unhappiness Over Great Lakes Action Plans
Restore Our Water International (ROWI) and Sierra Club Canada have released criticism of the International Joint Commission (IJC) Draft Great Lakes Regional Adaptive Management Plan…
Students Rewarded in 2013 Evolve Sustainable Design Competition
Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian architecture firm B+H have announced the winners of their 2013 Evolve Sustainable Design Competition. The competition, for architecture and…
Canadian Company Acquires Stake in Thames Water
Toronto-based Aquila Infrastructure Management is at the head of a consortium that has purchased a minority stake in Thames Water, the United Kingdom’s largest water…
The Fluoride Debate Continues in Alberta
Dr. Albert de Villiers of Alberta Health Services has written an open letter in support of water fluoridation to the people of Fairview, Alberta. The…
Work Completed on New Lake Country Water System
The District of Lake Country in British Columbia says it has completed a substantial improvement of its water supply and quality systems. The Wood Lake…
Barrie Reports Water and Wastewater Rates Surplus
The City of Barrie, Ontario, has a $2-million water rate surplus, and city council is looking at options on how the money should be either…
Vancouver Company Announces Water Drilling Venture in Africa
British Columbia’s Energold Drilling Corp.’s manufacturing division, Dando International Drilling Ltd., has formed a new subsidiary, Dando Drilling Services Ltd., which will specialize in water…
New Call for Proposals for P3 Canada Fund
PPP Canada announced the Round Five call for proposals on April 15. In a press release, John McBride, CEO, described how P3 Canada hopes to…
Alberta Releases Information about Suncor Spill
On Friday, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) received the province’s chemistry analysis from the Suncor wastewater spill on March 25. The water, although…
OCWA and Clean Water Foundation Launch Pharmaceuticals Campaign
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) and the Clean Water Foundation launched the A Prescription for Clean Water campaign on April 12 during the Green…
Developer in Water Dispute with Alberta
On April 9, Alberta’s Environmental Appeals Board began a hearing to decide whether to overturn an Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development decision to pull…
Manitoba Releases Third Flood Outlook, Risks Increased
Manitoba’s Infrastructure and Transportation’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released 2013’s third spring flood outlook, and the news is less than ideal for some Manitoba residents.…
EPCOR Explains Spring Tap Water Odour
Residents of Edmonton have noticed an unusual taste and smell to their water over the past several days, and have made their displeasure known to…
Global Demand for Disinfection Products to Rise
The Freedonia Group, an international business research company, released a statement late last month predicting an increase of 5.5 per cent in worldwide demand for…
Saint John Pursues P3 for Water Treatment System
The City of Saint John, New Brunswick, is pursuing a public-private partnership (P3) in order to fund an overhaul of its aging water treatment system.…
WaterTAP Joins Forces with ImagineH2O
Ontario’s Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP) and California’s ImagineH2O have joined forces. Both organizations specialize in the acceleration of water technology development by providing entrepreneurs…