Thursday, May 22, 2025
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…
News
Assiniboine Protection Funding Announced
The Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association received $70,471 from the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority this week. The group will also receive additional funding from the Watershed Authority…
NRC Supports Clear Flow
Clear Flow Consulting Inc. has received a contribution from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program. The funding supports a research and…
TRIUM to Investigate Bentonite
TRIUM Environmental Solutions Inc. has received funding from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program. The $150,000 contribution will support the Cochrane,…
RBC Donates $4.1M
RBC today announced its latest round of RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty-one organizations, selected out of 159 applicants from around the world,…
“Unpleasant Odours”: Halifax Food Industry
Foodservice operators are striking back against sewage odours in downtown Halifax. Luc Erjavec, VP Atlantic Canada of Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, issued an open…
$2.3M for Madawaska Upgrades
Residents of three Madawaska County, New Brunswick communities will see nearly $2.3 million in drinking water and wastewater collection systems upgrades. Saint-Léonard will use more…
Arctic Waters Further Protected
To better protect Canadian Arctic waters from ship-source pollution, Transport Minister John Baird today announced that Bill C-3, an Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention…
Prentice Announces New Regs for Municipal Wastewater
Plans discussed at this past February’s CCME meeting are now coming to fruition. Today minister of the environment Jim Prentice announced new regulations for managing…
Graham Construction Awarded $5.3M Contract
The federal government has awarded a $5.3-million contract to Graham Construction and Engineering Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta, for the Wainwright Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project…
$3.5M for Chatham-Kent Under OPWP
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent will receive a grant of $3,545,871 under the Ontario Potable Water Program (OPWP). Nearly $17 million in financial support has been…
$93.3M for York, Durham Wastewater Improvements
The governments of Canada and Ontario have set aside a total of $93.3 million in funding to support the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant…
Dimethyl Sulfate Blacklisted
Last week saw the release of the final screening assessments for 18 substances assessed in Batch 4 of Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan. Of the substances…
BIOREM Awarded Three Projects in China
Guelph-based BIOREM Inc., designer and manufacturer of air pollution control systems, last week announced three new municipal orders from its China office. The three orders,…
First Asset Completes Purchase of Criterion
First announced back in June, the acquisition by First Asset Capital Corp. of VenGrowth Asset Management’s Criterion Investments is now complete. Criterion launched Canada’s first…
Armtec $1.3M Contract for QC Project
Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund’s Armtec division has been awarded a $1.3-million contract to supply drainage and water management products as part of the construction of…
Filtration Funds for Gracefield, QC
The City of Gracefield, Quebec will receive a joint federal-provincial investment of $2.8 million under the Provincial-Territorial (PT) Base Fund. This investment involved the construction…
Rural SK Pipeline Receives Funding
Residents of Dundurn, Saskatchewan and surrounding communities, including Hanley, Riverside, Beaver Creek and Blackstrap Provincial Park, will receive funding for a rural water utility pipeline…
Winnipeg Votes for New Water Utility
Winnipeg’s city council has voted in favour of creating an arm’s-length utility to manage its water and waste services. The motion to create a new…
ENPAR Awarded Ammonia Treatment Contract
ENPAR has been awarded a $1.13-million contract by a Canadian gold mining company for the construction and installation of a full-scale commercial ammonia treatment plant…
Quebec’s Blue Gold
Seasonal storage of floodwaters from three unexploited rivers that flow into James Bay and the channelling of this water to the Ottawa River could provide…
Funding for NL Water, Sewer Upgrades
The Town of Lumsden, Newfoundland will see $414,000 worth of upgrades to its water treatment plant from the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund…
BPA Levels Safe: Health Canada
Health Canada testing has detected bisphenol A (BPA) in some 18.5-litre polycarbonate bottles of drinking water, but it says the levels are low and pose…
Nunavut Gets Flood Relief
The federal government will cost share eligible territorial expenditures incurred by Nunavut through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements for flood damage caused by snowmelt and…