Saturday, November 15, 2025
Clearford Enters India
Ottawa-based Clearford Industries Inc. has established a sales and business development agreement with Indocan Capital, a consulting firm with offices in India and Toronto. The…
News
Enviropig Could Limit Phosphorus Pollution
Environment Canada has announced that the University of Guelph has successfully satisfied the requirements of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act allowing the “Enviropig” to be…
$1.8M for Centre Wellington Water Projects
Ontario’s Township of Centre Wellington will receive funds for source water protection via the federal Infrastructure Stimulus Fund. Support of up to $1.8 million will…
FlowSense Comes to Canada
FlowSense, a U.S.-based manufacturing and production company, has opened an office in Canada. Currently, FlowSense serves both the industrial and military sectors by partnering with…
EPA Releases Plan for Great Lakes
Over the weekend, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson released an action plan to guide the Obama Administration’s historic efforts to restore the…
IBC and FCM Announce Watershed Awards
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), in partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), this morning announced the Watershed Awards, a new annual awards…
Draft National Wastewater Regs Now Available
Environment Minister Jim Prentice has announced that a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations is now available for public consultation. Once in force,…
West Kelowna Phase 2 Proceeds
Phase 2 of the West Kelowna Sewer Services project, worth close to $8.8 million, will receive $5.1 million in joint federal-provincial funding, under the Building…
City of Ottawa Releases Plan to Clean Up River
Hot on the heels of last week’s sewer overflows, the City of Ottawa has released a plan to clean up and protect the Ottawa River.…
$32M for Kirkland Lake Wastewater Facility
Canada and Ontario are setting aside a joint investment of $32 million towards the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility in Kirkland Lake. “Ontario’s…
$9.9M for Regina Water Projects
The end of January saw a funding announcement of nearly $45.8 million from the federal, provincial and municipal governments for 15 new infrastructure projects across…
Water Funds for Quebec
Two municipalities in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region, Saint Félix d’Otis and L’Anse Saint Jean, will share $532,273 under the federal-provincial gas tax agreement. The communities will…
RBC Blue Water Commits $1M to Haiti
The RBC Blue Water Project has committed $1 million to support the efforts of ONE DROP and Oxfam to provide access to water and sanitation…
Flyovers Give Understanding of Groundwater
What flies above will soon give improved knowledge about what flows below. Starting January 16, residents and motorists may notice low-flying aircraft streaking across the…
Toronto Chooses Neptune for AMR Contract
Hot on the heels of Monday’s smart metering report from Oracle, the City of Toronto announced on Wednesday that it has selected Neptune Technology Group…
Nestlé Donates to Haiti Relief Efforts
Nestlé Waters North America (which includes Nestlé Waters Canada) has pledged to donate $1 million in bottled water products to support disaster relief efforts and…
Fredericton to See Upgrades
The water and wastewater systems in Fredericton will receive $1.4 million in upgrades through a federal-provincial-city project. The feds are contributing $470,601 under the Infrastructure…
Newalta and BioteQ Join Forces
Canadian company Newalta Corp. says it will purchase 3.6 million shares of BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. for $4 million as part of an agreement between…
Smart Metering is Critical: Report
Sixty-eight per cent of water utility managers believe it is critical that water utilities adopt smart meter technologies, says Testing the Waters, a new study…
IONA Wins Contract in Wetaskiwin
The envision Group has announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary, IONA Contractors Ltd. (IONA), has been awarded a $2.7-million contract with the City of Wetaskiwin,…
Pollution Data Would Help Drinking Water Protection: Report
Federal pollution data would give valuable additional information to the program created to protect sources of Ontarians’ drinking water, says a new report from the…
Imagine H2O Finalists Announced
The judges for the first-ever Imagine H2O Prize have chosen ten finalists of the global competition. Created to help find sustainable solutions to global water…
Global Water Experts to Meet in Canada
More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Ontario from February 2-4 to plan fresh strategy for a coordinated approach…
Seair Sells to Oil Sands Operation
Edmonton-based Seair Inc. has sold six large industrial water treatment units to an oil sands facility for use in treating groundwater prior to mining. The…