Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Ontario Changes Drinking Water System Regs
As of December 1, 2008, the way the Ontario government regulates small drinking water systems has changed. The government’s responsibility for Small Drinking Water Systems…
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Guelph Turns Wastewater Gas into Energy
Recent upgrades to the cogeneration facility at the City of Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) will allow the city to save money by producing energy…
Canada Moves to Protect Arctic Waters
Transport Minister John Baird has introduced legislation in the House of Commons to enhance Canada’s sovereignty over Arctic waters and protect them from pollution. Under…
Toronto Council Approves Bottle Ban
Toronto Council has voted to ban the sale of water in plastic bottles at City Hall and civic centres. This new policy (and two other…
Lake Simcoe Protection Act Passes
Protection for Lake Simcoe took a major step forward with the passage of the Lake Simcoe Protection Act by the Ontario Legislature. The new legislation…
Groups Challenge Nestlé’s Bottled Water “Greenwashing”
As Toronto City Council gathered yesterday to consider passing a city-wide ban on bottled water, a new coalition challenged advertising claims made by Nestlé Waters…
New Edge: Water and Wastewater at Whistler Olympic Park
An EPCOR-led team has completed the design and construction of both the water supply and wastewater facilities for the Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Park. An EPCOR subsidiary…
Water Favourite Beverage of Canadians: StatsCan
A new study about beverage consumption by children and adults reveals that at all ages, water is the beverage consumed by the highest percentage of…
Winnipeg Council Explores New Water Corporation
Winnipeg council has voted to explore the idea of a new city-owned corporation to deliver water and sewage-treatment services to both Winnipeggers and neighbouring municipalities,…
New Herbicide-Fertilizer Ban Protects Alberta’s Water
A new ban on herbicide-fertilizer combination products in Alberta will help protect the quality of water downstream of urban areas. As of January 1, 2010…
EcoWater Canada Receives Zerofootprint Certificate
EcoWater Canada has received a Certificate of Emissions Compliance from Zerofootprint. This analysis looked at the carbon footprint of the water softeners and Reverse Osmosis…
Cobourg Applies for Water Plant Upgrade
Cobourg council has pushed through a federal grant application for the last $1.3 million in upgrades to the water pollution control plant, reports the Northumberland…
Public Clean Water Hearings Re: Phosphorus
Public hearings will be held next month on how to reduce the amount of phosphorus going into Mississquoi Bay and Lake Champlain along the Canada…
Sanitation and Satellites: Weekend Water Thoughts
As you leave for the weekend, take a few moments to consider the important role that water plays in sanitation–the World Toilet Organization’s World Toilet…
Aquatic Informatics and Greenspan Alliance
Aquatic Informatics and Greenspan have announced an alliance between both companies to offer an environmental data acquisition and management system. Under the terms of the…
Global Environment 60 Index Launched
KLD Indexes and Jantzi Research, Inc. have announced the introduction of the Global Environment 60sm Index. KLD and Jantzi developed the GE60 to support investment…
HTO Launches at The Blue Barracks
This past Sunday, HTO: Toronto’s Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets launched at Historic Fort York’s Blue Barracks with moderator Matthew…
The Future of Bottled Water is Unclear
California’s Calistoga Beverage Co. (parent company is Nestlé Waters North America) has cut 78 per cent of its workforce, citing a “softening in demand for…
Yellowknife Summit Draws Concerns on Water
Aboriginal leaders, scientists and environmental activists from across Canada are talking this week about water quality at a national summit in Yellowknife, reports CBC News.…
Poor Results in Water, Waste and Greenhouse Gases Worsen Canada’s Environmental Ranking
Canada’s environmental record is one of the worst-standing 15th out of 17 developed countries- according to the latest Report Card on Canada: How Canada Performs:…
Niagara Tries Chlorine-Free Sewage Treatment
Onita Basu, an Ottawa professor, wants to eliminate chlorine from municipal sewage treatment using an organic replacement called peracetic acid, reports St. Catharines, Ont.’s The…
Premier Tech Partners with Croisières AML to Treat Ship Wastewater
Premier Tech has announced that it will partner with Croisières AML in a project for treating wastewater from ships. In May 2007, the federal government…
WWF-Canada Partners with Coca-Cola on Freshwater Conservation
WWF-Canada and Coca-Cola Ltd. have announced a three-tiered partnership to conserve freshwater and fight climate change. One of the tenets is a four-year, $1-million commitment…
Global Opportunities for Canada: Conference Board
“The biggest challenge is to bring Canada’s widely dispersed technologies together, so that Canadian companies can compete on a global scale, and ultimately become more…