Thursday, May 1, 2025
$8M for N.S. Water Projects
The provincial and federal governments are contributing nearly $8 million for eight water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the province. Funding for the eight water…
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Xogen to Build Pilot Project in Orangeville
Xogen Technologies Inc. took a major step towards commercialization of its pioneering wastewater treatment and renewable energy technology with the announcement on September 10 from…
Funds Announced for Lake Winnipeg Clean Up
More than $109,000 in federal funding will support the Morden Community Lead Environmental Action on Nutrient Elimination and Removal (CLEANER) project, an initiative that will…
RVA Awarded Toronto Watermain Replacement Contract
The City of Toronto has retained R.V. Anderson Associates Limited (RVA) to provide program management, design, inspection, and contract administration services during construction for a…
Kensington Becomes Canada’s First Community with Wind-Powered Wastewater Treatment
Residents of Kensington, P.E.I. will soon have an energy-efficient wastewater treatment thanks to the purchase of a wind turbine. The turbine, funded in part by…
$1.3M for Miramichi Wastewater Infrastructure
The governments of Canada and New Brunswick are each investing over $1.3 million towards the costs of improving local wastewater infrastructure. The City of Miramichi…
Imagine H2O Competition Opens
The inaugural Imagine H2O Prize competition has opened for submissions. The competition offers prizes of $70,000 in cash and in-kind services, to be awarded to…
$10.5M for Quebec Water Infrastructure
Quebec’s Municipality of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds will receive $10,561,102 in joint government financial assistance under the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund – Quebec to carry…
$5M for Fredericton Upgrades
The federal and New Brunswick governments are joining the City of Fredericton in investing $5 million to upgrade the city’s main wastewater treatment plant. The…
“Protectionist” Water Industry Dispute Continues
Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of global water business Black & Veatch, is fighting back against “protectionist approaches” in the water industry. Yesterday, he advocated…
BIOREM Gets $1.2M from Ontario
Through its Innovation Agenda, Ontario is supporting the development of new wastewater treatment technology. The province is investing almost $1.2 million through the Innovation Demonstration…
Comstock Awarded Humber Plant Upgrades
Comstock Canada, a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc., has received a contract from the City of Toronto for a de-chlorination upgrade project at the Humber…
New Treatment System at Nipissing First Nation
Ontario’s Nipissing First Nation welcomes its new Garden Village Water and Wastewater Treatment facilities, built using $14 million in federal funding and $2.1 million of…
More Lake Simcoe Projects Announced
The third and fourth groups of projects under the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund have been announced. Initiatives funded by the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund are…
Eaux Vives Receives $1.6M
Eaux Vives Water Inc. will receive $1,631,600 in repayable funding under the Community Economic Diversification Initiative – Vitality to increase productivity. This funding will enable…
Global Water Roundtable Created: Stockholm
A new initiative launched during World Water Week in Stockholm will establish global standards for water stewardship, with the goal of addressing the global threat…
$21.2M for Manitoba Water-Control Improvements
Manitoba’s water-control infrastructure network will be enhanced with $21.2 million worth of improvements across Manitoba during the next two years, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Ron…
Nackawic Water, Wastewater Study
The federal and provincial governments are joining the Town of Nackawic, New Brunswick in investing a total of $41,535 to study how to improve water…
Nexterra and ANDRITZ Partner
Vancouver-based Nexterra Systems Corp., a supplier of biomass gasification solutions, and Austrian company ANDRITZ, working in customized plants, process technologies, and services for the hydropower,…
CANTEST Wins Manitoba Contract
CANTEST Ltd., an analytical and testing laboratory, has won a three-year contract with Manitoba Water Stewardship to provide microbiological testing of drinking water from all…
Water Issues Top Environmental Concern: Survey
A global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the…
Baird Talks Sewage at AMO
The Association of Ontario Municipalities’ annual conference was a chance for some municipal leaders to ask questions about—what else—stimulus funding. But it was in the…
$16M for N.B. Water Infrastructure
More stimulus funding announcements today. Improvements to Saint John, New Brunswick’s water infrastructure were part of MP Rodney Weston’s “Four in Four” priorities, he said.…
Premiers Agree to Water Council
At the August 5-7, 2009 annual meeting of the Council of the Federation in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada’s premiers agreed to implement a nation-wide water efficiency…