
Funds Target Climate Change Risks: Drought, Floods
Funding for a series of projects to advance regional adaptation to climate change decision making was announced last week by the governments of Canada, Manitoba,…
Funding for a series of projects to advance regional adaptation to climate change decision making was announced last week by the governments of Canada, Manitoba,…
What was once an old gravel pit in Hermitage Park has been transformed into the City of Edmonton’s first wetland built exclusively for stormwater treatment…
Health Canada has released the Canadian Guidelines for Domestic Reclaimed Water for Use in Toilet and Urinal Flushing, says a release from the Canadian Institute…
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…
Last week Cranbrook, British Columbia held an official groundbreaking to commemorate the start of construction on the anticipated $14.5 million City of Cranbrook Wastewater Improvement…
The governments of Canada and Nunavut have made a joint investment of over $10.9 million to support two water and wastewater infrastructure initiatives in Rankin…
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…
Two new provincial disaster recovery programs totaling $203.5-million will help citizens and municipalities in southern Alberta recover from recent flooding and severe weather. “These storms…
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…
During a trip to Quebec, the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, announced…
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…
Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick today congratulated the Seine-Rat River Conservation District and its project management team for completing the Seine River integrated watershed management…
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…
The University of Guelph has opened the first phase of a new centre to help ensure safe and sustainable groundwater supplies that is intended to…
A new report released by Ecojustice and POLIS Water Sustainability Project outlines how the B.C. government can become leaders in responsible freshwater management by embracing…
The City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city that borders Lake Superior, is the recipient for the Most Innovative Conservation Method based on its development…
Adding to yesterday’s Canadian Water Summit excitement, the morning saw National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) release a thick new report…
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…
Southern Ontario company Dufferin Concrete, a division of Holcim Canada Inc., announced today that its entire fleet of over 400 concrete ready-mix vehicles in Ontario…
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…
The Western Premiers have been a busy bunch during their two-day conference in Vancouver. Yesterday, they discussed a new strategy to conserve and manage Canada’s…
The Water Conservation Trust of Canada announced today it has been named a recipient in a landmark application to transfer an Alberta water licence. ConocoPhillips…
Nova Scotia will commit up to $15.2 million, or 40 per cent of the projected cost, to dredge Sydney harbour, Deputy Premier Frank Corbett announced…