According to new research commissioned by the International Joint Commission (IJC), between 2007 and 2012, the amount of commercial fertilizer applied to agricultural watersheds draining…
According to new research from the University of Waterloo, managing reservoirs for water quality, not just flood control, could be part of the solution to…
Last week, WWF published Freshwater risks & opportunities: an overview and call to action for the financial sector, highlighting the opportunities for financial institutions to rapidly…
Researchers from McGill University have published Abrupt changes across the Arctic permafrost region endanger northern development, which has projected that as permafrost continues to degrade,…
Yesterday, on World Toilet Day, Unifor and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) launched a Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter, asserting that toilet rights are human…
HSBC Bank Canada has targeted environmental and sustainability goals with the launch of new Green Finance products, aligned to the Loan Market Association’s Green Loan…
Vancouver-based Carl Data Solutions Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary FlowWorks Inc. will provide the advanced analytics component of The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer…
New research suggests that climate change may cause the levels of greenhouse gases emitted by freshwater northern lakes to increase by between 1.5 and 2.7…
The Water Security Agency (WSA) has issued its 2019 Conditions at Freeze-up Report. After well above average precipitation through the fall, conditions are favourable for…
Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities (NSFM) has elected a new president. Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood was elected by members in an uncontested race during NSFM’s…
Employees at SaskTel, SaskEnergy, SaskPower, SaskWater, and the Water Security Agency (WSA) have ratified new collective bargaining agreements. The employees join those employees at SecurTek…
The City of Prince Albert has officially announced that construction has finished on a 15-million-litre above-ground reservoir and associated works, such as a new 227-square-metre…
The regions of Durham and York are proceeding with the proposed treatment enhancements at the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Pickering. The regions…
Environmentalists and water economists have long argued that Canadian households have not conserved water in part because it is priced at excessively low levels. Somewhat…
Scholarships are available once again to enable utility personnel to visit other utilities with innovations of interest through the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT)…
Acuva Technologies Inc.—a company based in B.C. that designs, manufactures, and integrates UV-LED drinking water purification systems—recently announced two new additions to its growing portfolio…
The Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) is extremely pleased with the provincial government’s inclusion of a key amendment to the Ontario Water Resources Act in the…
The mayor of Ajax, Shaun Collier, has issued a statement in response to a decision made by the Ontario government that impacts treatment requirements at…
Alberta’s 2019 Budget includes more than $43 million for 15 projects that will increase flood resilience in municipalities and Indigenous communities across the province. “Albertans…
Researchers from York University can now predict river water levels days in advance of floods using artificial intelligence and data from two rivers: the Don…
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the University of Ottawa, and Université de Montréal released the draft results of the 10-year First Nations Food, Nutrition…
Ontario has announced that it will undertake a multi-sector provincial climate impact assessment as it looks for ways to address climate change. The assessment is…
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researchers explored optimal pathways for managing groundwater and hydropower trade-offs for different water availability conditions as solar…
A new study from Dartmouth College has found that consumption of water by plant life will increase in the future due to climate change, making…