The City of Charlottetown, PEI has hired an experienced individual to help Charlottetown better protect its groundwater. “We are extremely lucky to live in Charlottetown…
Residents of the Resort Village of Kannata Valley, Saskatchewan turned on the taps to a new drinking water treatment and distribution system last week. “We…
Calgary’s Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant has won CH2M HILL an ACEC Award of Excellence for the water resources category. The plant also won the…
Metro Vancouver is following in the footsteps of programs such as The Blue W and TapIt with its recent rollout, Tap Map. With help from…
According to the Alberta Water Council’s website, Alberta Environment’s online water use reporting system has been operational since 2006 and has been steadily increasing its…
This past weekend, 250 water-passionate Canadians from all over the country demonstrated their commitment to a healthy water future. The Canadian Water Innovation Lab (CWIL),…
Wanted to submit to our inaugural Water’s Next supplement but ran out of time? Good news! we’ve extended the deadline to October 22nd, 2010. You…
Land inspections, more water quality testing and new regulations are some of the actions the Nova Scotia government is taking to address water quality 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 Town of Richmond Hill, Ontario has received an $85,300 Green Municipal Fund grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to test a specialized water…
Ontario’s chief drinking water inspector, John Stager, has released his fifth annual report, providing an overview of the state of the province’s drinking water including…
A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region, announced the Province earlier this week.…
The government is failing to follow through on all of its environmental promises, says Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller. “This government rightly prides itself on…
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant for the City of Yellowknife. The City is investing the $90,000…
Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship,…
The Township of Esquimalt has launched a new website, TheWrongPlan.ca, in opposition to Victoria’s Capital Regional District (CRD) plans for sewage treatment. In August, the…
Insituform Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a contract with a first year value of US$5.9 million by the City of Calgary. Upon completion of the…
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) today announced its 18th round of funding for Canadian clean technology demonstration projects. Canadian entrepreneurs and technology developers with new…
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…
The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to…
As we reported in our May/June issue, the City of Dawson Creek, B.C., and Shell recently reached an agreement to build the City’s Reclaimed Water…
A computer model developed to determine the amount of water resources required for agricultural land in the Okanagan now and in the future is helping…
Water conservation efforts in Manitoba will be further improved with the development of a new strategic plan by Manitoba Water Stewardship and the Winnipeg-based International…